The Word of God or the Holy Bible, its goal and characteristics

Beloved, I am glad to share with you today on our second theme which is the Holy Bible.

It is understood that all what we have been sharing through the thirteen posts so far, were extracted from the Law, or the Holy Bible or the Word of God.

We shall now focus on its goal and its characteristics.

We take this opportunity to wholeheartedly thank all those who invested their resources in order to produce this exceptional book that has required centuries of hard work to reach its high quality we have today.

To God be the glory, for ever and ever.

A-The Holy Bible was written for a precise goal:

1. To send a message that should be delivered to human beings

Jeremiah 1:7, 17    7 But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say. 17 So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

Jeremiah 12:2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts

Ezekiel 2:7 And you are to give them my words, if they give ear to you or if they do not: for they are uncontrolled.

Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.

Acts 5:20 Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.

Titus 2:15 On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.

• To authenticate the divinity of Christ

John 20:31 But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.

• To let you know eternal life

1 John 5:13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

• To provide hope to human beings

Romans 15:4 Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

• To tell human beings experiences as warning

1 Corinthians 10: 11 Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.

B-Characteristics

I – The Word of God is absolutely faithful and worthy

1. 1 Kings 8:57-58 57 Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up; 58 Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.
2. Psalms 93:5 Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.
3. Psalms 111:7 The works of his hands are faith and righteousness; all his laws are unchanging.
4. Ezekiel 12:25 For I am the Lord; I will say the word and what I say I will do; it will not be put off: for in your days, O uncontrolled people, I will say the word and do it, says the Lord.
5. Daniel 9:12 And he has given effect to his words which he said against us and against those who were our judges, by sending a great evil on us: for under all heaven there has not been done what has been done to Jerusalem.
6. Matthew 5:18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
7. Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.
8. Romans 4:16 For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

II – The Word of God brings light in darkness

1. Psalms 19:8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
2. Psalms 119:105, 130 105 Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way. 130 The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
3. Proverbs 6:23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
4. 2 Peter 1:19 And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

III – The Holy Bible provides true wisdom

1. It results directly from the fear of God

Job 28:28 And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

Job 32:7 I said to myself, It is right for the old to say what is in their minds, and for those who are far on in years to give out wisdom.

Psalms 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

Proverbs 1:20 Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;

• It is the supreme acquisition

Proverbs 4:7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.

• It provides supreme truth

Hosea 14:9 He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.

• It establishes a solid foundation

Matthew 7:24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise

man who made his house on a rock;

1 Corinthians 2:6 But still we have wisdom for those who are complete in knowledge, though not

the wisdom of this world, and not of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nothing:

1 Corinthians 12:8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

IV – It shows that God is the Truth

1. Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.
2. 2 Samuel 7:28 And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;
3. Psalms 33:4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.
4. Psalms 146:6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:
5. Isaiah 65:16 So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.
6. Romans 3:4 In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.
7. Titus 1:2 In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
8. Hebrews 6:18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

V – It shows that God is faithfulness

1. Deuteronomy 7:9 Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are

unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;

• Deuteronomy 9:5 Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• 1 Kings 8:56 Praise be to the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, as he gave them his

word to do; every word of all his oath, which he gave by the hand of Moses his servant, has come true.

• Psalms 36:6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
• Psalms 89:2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.
• 1 Corinthians 1:9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Hebrews 6:18 So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
• 1 Peter 4:19 For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.

VI – The holy Bible reveals great truths that Christians and believers should know:

1. The Almighty has given us a living redeemer

Job 19:25 But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

Isaiah 50:4-7 4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced: 5 And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him. 6 I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame. 7 For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.

• The redeemer provide faith to an increasing number of persons because he is the Saviour of the world:

John 4:41-42 41 And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said. 42 And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

• Love in God through Jesus Christ the Redeemer leads to our good

Romans 8:28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

• An eternal dwelling is waiting for us in heaven

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a

building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

• By keeping faith, sufferings faced because of gospel are being sustained until the last day

2 Timothy 1:12 And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

• By becoming children of God, we will look like him and see him

1 John 3:2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

• He has brought us from death to life

1 John 3:14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

VII – It shows the pillars of spiritual discernment

1. 1 Kings 3:9 Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?
2. Isaiah 7:15 Butter and honey will be his food, when he is old enough to make a decision between evil and good.
3. Isaiah 11:3 And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
4. 1 Corinthians 2:14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
5. Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

VIII – It provides spiritual perception: examples

1. David : 2 Samuel 5:12 And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.
2. The woman of Shunem: 2 Kings 4:9 And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
3. Nehemiah: Nehemiah 6:12 Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
4. The wise man: Ecclesiastes 2:14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.
5. Jesus: Luke 5:22 But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?
6. The Samaria woman: John 4:19 The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
7. Peter : Acts 10:34 Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

IX – It provides spiritual intelligence

Deuteronomy 4:6 So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

1 Chronicles 22:12 Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

Psalms 119:104 Through your orders I get wisdom; for this reason I am a hater of every false way.

Proverbs 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

Proverbs 8:14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Proverbs 11:12 He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

Proverbs 13:15 Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

Proverbs 14:29 He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Proverbs 17:27 He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

2 Timothy 2:7 Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.

Our prayers support of you in your need of finding faith in the Word of the Almighty God, in Jesus name.

PRAYER OF ACCEPTANCE OF JESUS ​​CHRIST AS LORD AND PERSONAL SAVIOR

I now invite anyone who wants to become a new creation by walking in the truth, to pray with me as follows :

Lord Jesus, I have long walked in the lusts of the world ignoring your love for humans. I acknowledge that I have sinned against you and ask forgiveness for all my sins, because today I have decided to give you my life by taking you as my Lord and personal Savior. I acknowledge that you died on the cross of Calvary and that you rose from the dead for me.

I am now saved and born again by the power of the Holy Spirit. Lead me each day to eternal life you give to all who obey your Word. Reveal to me and strengthen my heart and my faith so that your light may shine in my life right now.

Thank you, Lord Jesus, for accepting me in your divine family so that I too can contemplate the wonders of your kingdom.

I will now choose a nearby waterpoint to baptize myself by immersion, in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

To you all adoration, power, and glory, now and forever and ever. Amen!

I would be happy to revert on your queries as necessary before sharing next week on the characteristics of the vision and spiritual knowledge.

May the Almighty God bless you in abundance.

David Feze, Servant of the Almighty God.