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The Bible. The Christian holy book is the Bible. It can be used during worship and in various ceremonies and rites of passage. Christianity teaches that the Bible is the word of God, and...
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“The Scriptures: We believe the Bible to be the verbally inspired Word of God without error in the original writings, and the supreme and final authority in doctrine and practice.” Parade magazine had an article by Carl Sagan about his experience with cancer. He said he didn’t believe in an afterlife. He said Christians, Moslems, Jews and Hindus ha...
1. The continuity of the Bible
It was written by more than 40 authors over about 1600 years, it is still one book, not a collection of books. The authors were kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, physician, tax collector, statesmen, scholars, poets and farmers. It was written from various countries, from Italy, Greece, Babylon, Persia and Israel. The human authors lived in different cultures and had different experiences. They were different in character and personality. They wrote in 3 languages; Old Testament: Hebre...
2. The extent of biblical revelation
All the books of Bible were written in the early days of human knowledge when authors were not aware of modern discoveries. But what they wrote has never been contradicted by later discovery. Isaiah 40:22-He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth. That was written 2800 years ago. Job 26:7-He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; He suspends the earth over nothing. That was written 4000 years ago. Archeology consistently produces evidence that supports biblical statements. (Hi...
3. Influence and publication of Bible
No other book has been published in as many languages. It still is a best-seller. The French atheist Voltaire said that it would be obsolete within a hundred years from his time and Christianity would be swept from existence and passed into history. But Voltaire has passed into history and the Bible continues to be circulated increasingly throughout the world. In fact, ironically, only 50 years after Voltaire's death, the Geneva Bible Society used his press and house to produce stacks of Bibl...
Definition: the divinely derived power of the written Word of God to communicate the character and will of God with certainty and assurance.
If this is true, what must be our response to God's Word? FAITH! We must believe it because it is inerrant and trustworthy and authoritative. If we believe it, we should desire to obey it. This is the only way to please God. That’s why it’s imperative that we read it, study it, meditate on it, and memorize it. Our minds must be saturated with the S...
Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus embodied that total message, and that is why He is called the “Logos,” or “Word,” of God (Colossians 1:19; 2:9). Logos is also used many times when referring to the written message of God (John 17:17; 1 Timothy 4:5; Revelation 1:2; Colossians 1:25).
- It Can Be Something That God Has Decreed. God’s decrees are His divine pronouncements. His words cause things to happen. Specifically, the Bible gives a number of examples of this.
- It May Refer to God Verbally Addressing Humans: Personal Address. When God verbally addressed certain humans in the past, His words were known as the Word of God.
- It Can Refer to God Speaking Through Human Prophets. The phrase, “Word of God” is also used of something that is said by God’s chosen spokesmen. The Bible says that God spoke to His people through the words of the prophets.
- Jesus Christ Is the Word of God. God the Son, Jesus Christ, is known as the Word of God. At the beginning of John’s gospel we read the following: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Aug 12, 2021 · The Word of God is a frequently used way to describe or identify the Bible, the collection of sixty-six books written over the course of at least fifteen hundred years by Apostles and prophets, humanly speaking, and breathed out by God, divinely speaking.
So the Word of God is Jesus Christ (as John’s gospel puts it), and the Bible becomes the Word of God when through it Christ is proclaimed in the context of the Church. Barth proposed a threefold framework for understanding this: revelation, scripture, and proclamation.
Jan 4, 2022 · Question. What do John 1:1,14 mean when they declare that Jesus is the Word of God? Answer. The answer to this question is found by first understanding the reason why John wrote his gospel. We find his purpose clearly stated in John 20:30-31.
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