FROM WHOM IS THE WORD OF GOD?
The Bible is the word of Holy God. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God.” (2 Tim 3: 16) No other
religious book is the word of God. Some argue that the Bible are the words of
men. God used men to pen the words of this book. But men wrote what the Spirit
of God dictated to them. David said, “The
Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel
spake to me.” (2 Sam 23: 2-3) The
apostle Peter walked with God, spake to God face-to-face and was there when the
Lord was transfigured and saw Christ in his glory. But Peter said, “We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark
place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this
first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For
the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy
Ghost.” (2 Pet 1: 19-21) One proof that the Bible is the word of God is the
reaction this book creates a reaction in men. This book manifests what
dominates a person’s heart. “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword,
piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Heb 4: 12) The key to
understanding this book, first, is to receive it as it is, the word of holy
God.