The Whole Word Of God!

Hello Guys and Gals!

I want to talk to you today about the Holy Scriptures also known as the Word of God!

'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it.' John 1:1-5.

Many people think that the Word of God was made by men. Also, they believe that it is just a set of rules or principles made by men of old that instruct man on how to live a good life. This is not true! We can clearly see that the Word of God existed before anything else and it was with God and it was God!

'And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.' John 1:14.

This passage testifies to the fact that God became man so that He could bring us both grace and truth! Jesus Christ is the very embodiment of truth. The Word of God is nothing more than a representation of who Jesus was when he dwelt among us. The truth of the Word of God is the truth of Jesus Christ given to us by God so that we may know the truth and no longer dwell in darkness.

This means that the whole of the Word of God, every last jot and tittle of it, is part of what God wanted us to have.

'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.' Exodus 20:2-6.

This is a difficult passage to understand completely. It talks about bringing Israel out of bondage in Egypt. If you are a Christian, then you have been adopted in to this very family through Jesus Christ, so that their history is also the history of your family! You could even take it a step further and say that the bondage God brought you personally out of was your bondage to sin.

It talks about idols. What is an idol? I'll give you the most simple definition of an idol I can think of; an idol is anything that you put in your life that hinders your relationship with God or you put before God in all that you do! Do you have any idols in your life?

Now comes the hard part. We know that God desires a personal relationship with each and every person on the Earth. He created us and desires it for us. Yet, in the above passage, God talks about visiting the iniquity, or sins, of the father onto the children for up to the third and fourth generation. Here is the key part, 'of those who hate Me'! God visits this iniquity on the father and his children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Him! God is punishing those who hate Him for the sins of their grandfathers. Hard stuff huh? Yet this is only for those who hate Him!

The good part comes next. God tells us that He will show loving-kindness to those who love Him and keep His commandments. There are many people out there who claim to love the Lord, yet they do not keep His commandments. God has clearly stated that you not only must love Him but also keep His commandments.

Jesus said, 'If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.' John 8:31-32.

How can we know we are doing what His Word says? James says this about it, 'But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.' James 1:22-25.

Do you do what the Word of God says? Or are you just a hearer of the Word? Yes, I am talking about the whole Word of God. Here is what I am getting at with this whole post. Many people today are saying that certain parts of the Word of God are no longer applicable today because society has advanced. This is not true!

When Paul talks about how women should be silent in church because they are subject to their husbands, this still holds today. When the bible talks about the act of a man lying with another man or a woman lying with another woman being an abomination in His eyes, this still holds today!

I know many of you will think badly of me for saying this, but I believe in the whole Word of God and not just a part of it. I also know that some will go to their bibles and start pointing out little points of contention here and there. And I say to them that when they consider the author's intent, the audience he was writing to, the history of what was going on then, and the actual full message being told; all these things together that the Word of God is still fully applicable and fully true today as it was when it was first written!

I want you all to know that all believers are under Grace, or the law of liberty, and not subject to the Law as it pertains to Israel who does not believe in Jesus as their savior! Everyone falls into one of three categories as pertaining to the Law.

The first is people who are descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob but have not accepted Jesus as Lord. These are the people under the Law!

The second are Gentiles, or those not descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These people are not under the Law and live in darkness.

The third are both descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and Gentiles both who have accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. These people are neither under the Law or living in darkness, but are under the law of liberty, or law of Grace.

Through grace and our love of Jesus Christ, we live in such a way that our very words and actions establish the Law that Israelites attempt to live under. But we must know the whole of the Word of God in order to do His Will. This means all parts of it with no omissions just because you don't like it or you think that it doesn't apply today!

For if you strive to know and do the whole of the Word of God, then the blessings of God will flow over you. Now this does not mean that there won't be struggle as well. But through that struggle, you will gain strength in God and a certain knowledge that He will always be there for you!

God bless you all this day!