The Bible is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind. You can live by it, but you can’t live without it. The Bible is the Word of God, the Law of God, the Command of God, the Promises of God , the Revelation of God, the correction of God, the instruction of God, the power of God. By His Word all creation came forth, armies fall, nations tremble, and mountains quake. When He speaks the lame walk, the blind see, the deaf hear, the mute speak, and the dead are raised. By His Power captives are set free, sinners are made saints, the wicked are made righteous. His Word is His Truth. By it we discern right and wrong, good and evil, sin and righteousness, and the signs of the times. As we proclaim it we destroy strongholds of the Devil and the philosophies of man. When we read it, meditate on it, and memorize it we are sanctified, purified, cleansed and washed. When it is preached we are built up, encouraged, strengthened, renewed, revived, and regenerated. Within its pages are words of love, words of hope, words filled with grace, words of comfort, and words of peace. By it we discover our origin, our problem, our hopelessness, our demise apart from Jesus Christ. Of God we learn His eye is always seeing, His ear is always hearing, His Spirit is always speaking, His hand is always reaching, His love is never ending, and He is never changing. Jesus is revealed to be our Redeemer, Savior, King , and Substitute. He is the King of kings, the Lord of lords, and the Prince of peace. You can listen to it, read it, receive it, speak it, teach it, proclaim it, observe it, and obey it. Some have tried to add to it, take away from it, revise it, revile it, and burn it, but they can’t get rid of it because the grass will wither and the flower will fade but His Word will stand forever.
