Jesus
gives us the answer as to why God’s word works.
In
His prayer to the Father in John 17:20, Jesus
prays for those in the future [that’s
us] who will come to believe in Him through the [recorded] word of the first
disciples.
During
my spiritual rebirth, to my utmost surprise, my deliverance [which is recorded
in my book Mine, an everlasting promise
of love…] was accompanied by God quoting His own scriptural word to me.
This is not a strange occurrence. In fact, it is biblical. The words that He
spoke to me that first night have remained as an immovable anchor these past
twenty years as He taught me to whom I truly belonged versus what the
world—Satan—had taught me.
Satan
and Jesus quoted Holy Scroll scriptures to each other, Luke 4. Jesus said He spoke and did only what the Father spoke and
did, John 5; 8. Thus, if Satan knows
God’s word, and Jesus quoted God’s word back to him, our knowledge of God’s recorded
word must be essential.
Our
heavenly Father left many scriptures in His Book as to Christian’s supporting
each other including the chastisement of our actions. Nevertheless, in today’s
society, whenever scripture is used to offer consolation, and/or correction,
Christians are accused of being judgmental or a bully.
Our
God and heavenly Father knows what lies ahead in our lives. Thus He warns us of
the pitfalls of leaning to our own understanding. More specifically, He warns us
to not call evil good, Isaiah 5:20. In 2 Corinthians
6:14, Apostle Paul writes, “that we be not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
what communion hath light with darkness?”
The
bottom line is that people of the dark cannot
offer light to believers, regardless of what gifts they give, thus said the Lord our God.
In
that God used His ancient recorded word to deliver and encourage me at the
beginning, and up to now, it is only my desire to tell in turn the good news
that God and thus our need of His word remains unchanged.
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