2
Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is
breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction
and for training on righteousness, that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work.”
I
attended a small Bible Study the other day, where the minister affirmed the inerrant reliability and authority of the Word of God. And that Holy
Scripture testifies to the fact that God has revealed Himself progressively therein
until final revelation of Himself in Jesus Chris. Though using human language
to communicate to us and employing human authors to write His Holy Word, The
Lord is the ultimate source of the Bible, which is why we can be confident that
divine revelation unfolds harmoniously without contradicting itself.
Matthew
4:4 Jesus answered, “It is written:
‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth
of God.’”
In
2 Timothy 3:16-17, the Apostle Paul tells us that “all Scripture is breathed
out by God.” I read that the translation
for “breathed out’ is the rendering of the Greek term “theopneustos”, and it is perhaps the
most literal way to convey this term in English. Human speech requires us to
breathe out. Air from our lungs must pass through our vocal cords, vibrating
then at certain frequencies to produce sounds that are then formed into words
by our mouths. Words that symbolize actual nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives of
a particular language. In saying, that God “breathed out” Scripture, Paul
indicates that the words of the Bible are the Lord’s words. Just as the words we say are our speech because we produce them in the process of breathing
air out through our vocal cords and mouth, the words of Scripture are God’s
words because He produced them. Yes, human authors wrote down these words, but
they are no less God’s words than if the Lord had taken the pen and written
them himself.
John
17:17 “Sanctify them
by the truth; your word is truth.”
In
our largely secular society today, we find many people consider Christians
foolish for living by the teachings of Scripture because it was written long
ago and by men who did not enjoy the same kind of technical advancements that
we do. Given secular humanistic pressure, we could find ourselves slowly
adopting their “Fallen” view of Scripture if we are not careful to remember its
divine origin. We do not follow the Bible because of old cultural and family traditions,
the historic faith community or fond memories thereof, rejecting modern notions
of macro-evolution, ethics and morality. Our confidence and confirmation of our
live to the Holy Bible is based the truth that Scripture is the very Word of God;
God’s Word is truth. Atheism may live by no thought of God Almighty God in
their thinking and associated actions, but the true child of God has no option
but to believe and live by what our Creator God has said.
Hebrews
4:12 “For the word of God is
alive 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.”
We
must have the firm confidence that Holy Scripture is the very Word of God or we
will not be able to stand firm in the day of trial now and the Day of Judgment
to come. Scripture may have been written thousands of years ago, but it is the
very revelation of God himself and truth for life. What the Holy Bible says,
the Lord of all says, and that is why know, love and obey the living Word of
God. Eternal God said it and His Word is truth.
Blessings
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