The Word of God

Read 2 Timothy 3:16-17

What does the phrase word of God mean to you? Recently I had a conversation with someone who claims faith in Christ yet during our conversation it became clear the word of God wasn't something that he believed could be known to be from God. In fact many people today doubt the word of God is in fact from God. They believe it's just something men passed down to one another, kind of like whisper down the lane. Therefore, the word of God for them isn't a matter of this is what the Lord God Almighty says, it's just something men passed down from one generation to the next.

So the question arises, if it isn't the word of God then what is it? More pointedly, then what is it we believe? If we belive it's not the word of God, then what do we believe?

The truth is if we follow this line of reasoning our faith is not much more than you and I believing what we think is right. And that puts us in the position of God - doesn't it? Where what we believe ought to be is what we base our life on and so our lives are nothing more than following ourselves.

Take a look at how Scripture was carefully handed down from God to man and then from one generation to the next and it's hard to believe we can come to the conclusion that the word of God isn't the word of God. From how we got the Bible to Jesus' own words where He quotes the Scripture as the very word of God it is hard to come to the conclusion that we can't trust the word of God as the Word of God.

This week, let's put to memory 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - - 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.