The Word of God

The most fundamental truth of scripture is, “Thus saith the LORD.” “Thus saith the LORD” is used over 800 times in scripture. In the beginning, God created all things by His word. Christ, the Living Word, created all things by His spoken word and God told this to us in His written word. God accomplishes His will by His word. “By the Word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth” (Ps. 33:6; Gen. 1; John 1:1-3; Col. 1:16). “8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast” (Ps. 33:8-9).  God commands men by His word. The first temptation satan wielded against man in the garden was, “Yea, hath God said…” (Gen. 3)? Christ’s defense against satan in the wilderness was, “It is written…” (Matt. 4:1-10).

The just shall live by faith. Faith is believing God. “Whatever is not of faith is sin” (Rom. 14:23). Faith is believing God; it is believing His word. The two are inseparable. If we believe God, we believe what He said. If we believe what God said, we believe God. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Rom. 10:16-17).

There is nothing more important for us to do in our lives than to know the Word of God, to meditate on what God has said in scripture, and to believe it. May this be our constant pursuit, to know God from His word by God-given faith in Christ. Do not believe satan’s lie. That was Eve’s downfall. The woman was in the transgression because she was deceived. The sword of the Spirit is the word of God (Eph. 6:10-18).

"Without faith it is impossible to please Him" (Heb. 11:6). Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Rom. 10:17). Therefore, let us constantly be reading, meditating, and hearing the word of God with our physical ears that God would be pleased to give us hearing with spiritual ears.

​The message of the word of God is the Lamb of God (John 1:1-3, 29, 34; Rom. 1:2-5; 10:16-17). Scripture concerns the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. He was made after the flesh as the son of David. But He was declared to be (not made) the Son of God with power by the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead.

The just live by faith. Faith is living upon Christ: what God has said of Him in His word. The Gospel is according to scripture (1 Cor. 15:1-4). Faith is living upon Christ who is revealed in scripture. When we see Christ by faith, when we know Him, we see and know God the Father (Matt. 11:27; John 12:6-9). This is eternal life (John 17:3; 1 John 5:7-20).

May we therefore spend the moments of our days and the days of our years and the years of our lives learning of Christ from His word. May we meditate on the word of God day and night (Ps. 1). May God shine His word in our hearts that we might see Christ (2 Cor. 4:6), and so lighten our way (Ps. 119:105) and conform us to His image (2 Cor. 3:17-18; Rom. 8:29-30).

​Scripture is “able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 3:15-16). All scripture is given by inspiration of God that by His word the man of God may be perfectly furnished unto all good works. God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Christ from His word. God has called us unto glory and virtue with His word. We cannot know God, cannot believe God, cannot please God without faith, and this faith in Christ comes by hearing His word. Faith overcomes all things because faith looks to Christ who overcame all for us (1 John 4:4; 5:4; Gal. 1:4; John 16:33; Rev. 12:11). “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Pet. 1:4). Just as in the beginning, God created all things by His word, and even now upholds all things by His word, so He has taught us by these things that He has given all things to us that pertain to life and godliness by His word concerning Christ.

Rick Warta