The Power of the Word

The Power of the Word

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. -- Hebrews 4:12

We are in Ocean City for a few days and have been enjoying being refreshed as we enjoy wonderful fellowship with our dear friends, Cy and Norma Lever and Howard and Barb Bateman.

I have had a chance to take a breath and catch up on some reading. Yesterday I read a very powerful book by a wonderful preacher, A. B. Simpson, entitled THE SUPERNATURAL-- Making Room for the Power of God (Have you read this Pete?)

One of the chapters talks about the power of the Word of God. Here was an interesting quote: "It is very sad and humbling to see the tendency among so many of those who ought to be the defenders and teachers of the this holy volume to win a little cheap popularity and wear the reputation of higher culture by joining in the ranks of those who, if they do not reject it altogether, will compromise its supremacy and question its infallible authority.

The Bible is either everything or nothing. Like a chain which depends upon its weakest link, if God's Word is not absolutely and completely true, it is too weak a cable to fix our anchorage and guarantee our eternal peace ... The malignity of Satan and the pride of human culture are striving as never before to eliminate the supernatural from the Holy Scriptures and change the Book of God into a mere collection of ancient writings, saved out of the wreck of the world's literature."

As I read those words, it sounded like a pretty accurate description of where we are today! Oh, by the way ... this book was written in the early 1900's! Think about it -- when you read passages from THE BOOK about itself -- it is always in the present tense, not the past ... The Word of God IS quick and powerful ... Your Word IS a lamp ... Your Word IS settled forever in heaven ...

Guys, the Word of God IS still the only BOOK that can transform your life. Purpose today to immerse yourself in its pages. It will be the one thing you can do that can turn you into a true freedom fighter! -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK.

God's WORD for YOU: Job 1-2; Acts 7:22-43

Think about this: All the water in the world, however hard it tries, can never sink the smallest ship unless it gets inside, and all the evil in the world, the blackest kind of sin, can never hurt you in the least, unless you let it in. Anonymous