How the Bible is the Word of God.
Imagine standing on the street when another person walks by. Neither of you says anything. You part ways, strangers.
Now imagine that you introduce yourself. You tell him your name. He tells you his name. You are no longer strangers.
That is the power of words. The Bible contains the words that can introduce you to a God whom you had never met.
Suddenly, God is no longer a stranger.
Back to the former strangers on the road. You two sit down at a cafe and strike up a conversation. More words flow. Soon the former strangers grow to know one another and become friends. That is also the power of words. The words in the Bible, God's words ... breathed by His Spirit into the heart of the prophets and apostles and recorded in that book ... have the power to strike up a conversation with God. To make former strangers into friends.
Words with the power to transform the heart of a stranger to God, into a friend of God.
That is the power of the words in the Holy Bible.
All scripture is indeed 'God breathed' ... the word of God as surely as Christ is the Word made Flesh.
Imagine standing on the street when another person walks by. Neither of you says anything. You part ways, strangers.
Now imagine that you introduce yourself. You tell him your name. He tells you his name. You are no longer strangers.
That is the power of words. The Bible contains the words that can introduce you to a God whom you had never met.
Suddenly, God is no longer a stranger.
Back to the former strangers on the road. You two sit down at a cafe and strike up a conversation. More words flow. Soon the former strangers grow to know one another and become friends. That is also the power of words. The words in the Bible, God's words ... breathed by His Spirit into the heart of the prophets and apostles and recorded in that book ... have the power to strike up a conversation with God. To make former strangers into friends.
Words with the power to transform the heart of a stranger to God, into a friend of God.
That is the power of the words in the Holy Bible.
All scripture is indeed 'God breathed' ... the word of God as surely as Christ is the Word made Flesh.