SACRED SCRIPTURE

SACRED SCRIPTURE Did you know That all Scripture Comes from God In fact It is GOD INSPIRED Saint Paul writes, “All SCRIPTURE is God-breathed And is useful for teaching-rebuking Correcting and training In righteousness So that The man of God May be thoroughly equipped For EVERY god work” 2 Timothy 3:16 What that means Is that that writing WAS INSPIRED by God To that particular writer To reach that particular audience At that particular time They are GOD'S WORDS Put into that particular writer's mind and heart At that particular time But CHRIST'S WORDS and TEACHINGS ARE GOSPEL For ALL of eternity And make sense In every situation Jesus-himself-tells us, “HEAVEN and earth Will pass away But my words Will never pass away” Matthew 24:35 And in Proverbs, it says, “EVERY word of God is flawless He is a SHIELD to those Who take refuge in him” Proverbs 30:5 And Jesus Himself said “'WHOEVER believes in me As SCRIPTURE has said STREAMS of living water Will flow from within him” 'By this He meant the Spirit Whom those who believed in him Were later to receive Up to that time The Spirit Had not been given Since Jesus Had not yet been glorified'” John 7:38-39 So IF we believe in Jesus And I DO We believe in his followers WHO WROTE the New Testament And the Gospel Matthew-Mark-Luke-John- Peter and Paul And a few others For Jesus himself Told us It was inspired And written by God Just think Of all the love All the kindness All the forgiveness That COULD take place IF people believed That Jesus was WHO He proved himself to be THE SON OF GOD This MAKES his words HIS TEACHINGS THE WORD OF GOD As Paul writes in Hebrews 4 “For the Word of God Is living Sharper than ANY double-edged sword It penetrates Even to dividing soul and spirit Joints and marrow It judges The thoughts and attitudes Of the heart” Hebrews 4:12-13 SACRED means to be exclusive-holy-or held DIVINE And that is what ALL of SCRIPTURE is Sacred-Divine INSPIRED BY GOD Robert P. Wallman 2-24-14 & 5-30-16