Welcome to the Believer's Bible Assembly This is the day that the Lord has made and we're going to

rejoice and be glad in it Today I want to continue to talk to you about

the word of God We've been talking about how scripture is enough and we talked about the word of life

Today I want to go deeper into our understanding of the word of God because it's important that

we understand the word It's important that we understand the origin of the word It's important that we understand who

revealed the word to us So when we approach the word we approach the word as the word

of God not something that's written by man but it is in fact the word of God

and it's the word of truth So we start this morning by asking a question What is the word of

God The word of God is the divine revelation and communication by which God reveals Himself to

mankind both through the written scriptures and the living word Jesus Christ We answer the question what is the word

The word is the written scriptures and the living word Jesus Christ So we talk about the word

that's what we're talking about The written scriptures and the living word Jesus Christ Let me go ahead

and say this from the beginning You cannot separate the two We'll understand that more

as we get into our teaching today The scriptures the word of God serve as the primary

source of divine revelation and truth I'm putting emphasis on the primary source because that's

where we start from the word of God Now there's a whole bunch of secondary sources out there things

that people have written things that people have said but the scriptures the Bible the

word of God serves as the primary source Of divine revelation and truth And here's the reason

why because the scriptures provide guidance it provides instruction and it provides insight into who God is his character

his purpose his will His holiness his righteousness That's why the Bible the scriptures have to

serve as the primary source of divine revelation for our lives to lead us and

guide us and teach us and instruct us into who God is and what His will is for our lives

We said that the word of God is the written scriptures and the living word Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is the word Jesus is the incarnate word He's God-made flesh He's the internal

word John 11 it says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and

the word was God The amplified says in the beginning before all time was the word Christ and the word

was with God and the word was God Himself Jesus Christ is the incarnate word Jesus Christ is

the eternal word that became flesh and dwelt among us Let's go back to what I

said earlier The word of God is the written word and is Jesus Christ who is the word And

I told you before you cannot separate the two He is the eternal word that came in flesh as

a man and dwelt among us John chapter 1 verse 14 says the word became flesh and made his

dwelling among us We have seen his glory the glory of the one and only Son from

the Father full of grace and truth Jesus is the living word and as the living word he embodies

the fullness of God's revelation God is spirit God came in the form of flesh Jesus is

the living word who embodies the fullness of God's revelation He is the ultimate expression of God's nature

and purpose providing for us a perfect example of obedience and love Jesus told one of his disciples if

you've seen me you've seen the Father Jesus said I and the Father are one You can't separate God from

Christ and the word We said in one of our previous teachings from 2 Timothy 3:16 that all scripture

is God breathed inspired by God all scripture Jesus Christ came as the living embodiment of the scriptures

and we have the written word that was inspired by the Holy Spirit The word both as the written scripture

and the person of Christ was given to us so that we can understand who God

is His will his plan his purpose for our life So the more that we study the

word the more that we read the word the more we connect to the word who is Jesus

Christ The word serves as the foundation of our Christian faith and practice How do

you know what to do as a Christian How you know how we ought to

conduct ourselves as believers We have the word that teaches us We have the word

as our foundation for Christian faith and practice So instead of everybody going out doing their own thing we have

the scriptures that centers us the scriptures that serves as a foundation that solid rock of

our Christian faith and practice and it's through the word of God that he reveals

Himself And instructs his people and accomplishes his purposes in the world So what I wanna do right now I

want to journey through the scriptures to understand the word of God Let's talk about the integrity

of the word because you hear so many people who claim they don't trust the word because the word was

written by man Well that's kind of crazy because they believe every other book that

was written by man They don't question the history books They don't question the science books They

don't question the physics books They don't question the math books while questioning the word

of God because they don't understand God They don't understand how the word was given They

don't understand how the word was revealed In their minds they are trying to connect the dots and they

are not able to connect the dots because it's devoid of God it's devoid of the word But you and

I as believers we understand the nature of the word We have to know that we know

that we know that God's word is truth We have to understand the integrity of the word and you

do that by understanding the author of the word who is God Numbers 23:19 says this God is

not a man that He should lie nor a son of man that he should

change his mind Does he speak and not act Does he promise and not fulfill These are

questions about who God is First of all we need to know and understand that God is not a man

Man is capable of lying God is not capable of lying That's why it says

that God is not a man that He should lie nor the Son of man that he

should change his mind We know that God does not change He's immutable He's the same yesterday today and forever

We understand that when God speaks he acts We understand what God promises he fulfills because we

understand who God is and we understand that God is not a man John 4:24 says God

is spirit God's divine nature is truth and faithfulness He is the truth He is faithful and he's

faithful to his word When God speaks his words are powerful and they are effective Isaiah 5511 So my word

that proceeds from my mouth will not return to me void empty useless without results but it

will accomplish what I please and it will prosper where I sent it Now notice the

key words my word my mouth will not return to me but it will accomplish

what I please and it will prosper where I sent it This is why you have to know that

you know that you know is God's word God is backing his word in this verse God

is saying my word is going to do what I sent my word to do That's why

he got to ensure God's word and not man's word Because man is saying a whole

lot of things that God said but when you go to the Bible you can't

find out God didn't say it But the things that God did say in his word is gonna happen God's

word his declaration his promises are certain and they will achieve their intended outcomes and they will achieve his objectives

Oftentimes we think the word is all about us No the word is about God

and what God said he's going to do So that's why it's important that we understand God's word Because when

we study the word word now we understand what God's objectives are Now we understand what

God's will and purpose are for our lives Now we have to attach our faith to it If

God said it I believe it That's it period point blank I don't need further explanation God said it

He said he's gonna do it God's gonna do it Now I don't know when he's gonna do it I

don't know how he's gonna do it I don't know in what manner he's going to do it but

guess what I know he's gonna do it Why Because the word says so The Bible said

that God's word will not return back to him void empty useless and without results and it

will prosper where he sent it and it will accomplish what he pleased So as a believer I'm

good I trust his word because he's God Look at Psalm 33:9 for he God

spoke and it came to be He commanded and it stood firm Now this verse is

talking about the solvent power of God's spoken word God spoke and it came to be When God

speaks things happen and God spoke when he gave us his word So we have God's spoken word revealed in

the written word And when God speaks things happen He can open doors or he can close the door

He can do these things because God is all powerful and His word has power Hebrews

through His word Deuteronomy chapter 7 verse 9 No recognize and understand therefore that the

Lord your God is God The faithful God who keeps covenant of loving devotion for 1000

generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments The first word in Deuteronomy 79

is no Recognize and understand that God is God the faithful God who keeps covenants who keeps promises for 1000

generations but he keeps those promises and covenants to those who love him and keep His commandments Do you love

the Lord Do you keep His commandments Then you can be assured you can know and understand and recognize

that the faithful God is going to keep that promise And he's gonna keep that promise

for 1000 generations meaning you might never receive the promise of God but your offspring will your

children's children's children's will Hebrews chapter 11 talks about all these great men that did all these

great things but then it said that none of them ever lived long enough to receive the promise of God

We know that promise came through We know that the promise came to pass What

kind of God we serve We serve a faithful God and his promises are to 1000

generations for those who love him and keep his commandments God is faithful to his word not your

word Or another person's word God is faithful to his word and this faithfulness extends to those who love him

and keep his commandments to 1000 generations Now 1000 generations is not a literal number It expresses God's

long-term faithfulness and his commitment to his people those who love Him and keep his commandments It could be 2000

generations It could be 5000 generations Listen God is going to keep his word because

God is faithful Joshua 23:14 says this Now behold today I'm going the way of the truth and

you know with all your heart and soul not one of the good promises of the

Lord your God made to you has failed Everything was fulfilled for you Not one promise has failed Joshua reassured

the people that everything God said he was gonna do he's done And that one good promise of

the Lord that he's made to you has failed God has fulfilled every promise Not one has failed This is

the kind of God that we put our faith and trust in Not one of God's promises

in the scriptures have failed You can look at it from Genesis to Revelation Not one of his

promises in the scriptures has failed This is the assurance that we need to have when we

go to the word of God We need to understand that God's word is reliable God's word

is dependable Throughout the scriptures we have proof we have evidence Therefore we can trust the

faithfulness of God and His word Not one promise has failed not one Isaiah chapter 40

verse 8 says this the grass withers and the flowers fall but the word of our

God stands forever The grass is going to wither The flowers are going to fall We see that

as the seasons change but the word of our God stands forever The word of God is eternal and the

word of God is unchanging And this would be good news for us today because this

assures us of the certainty of God's word that God's purposes will ultimately prevail regardless of what's going

on in the world We think what's going on in the world is greater than the promise of

God No God's promises are eternal and unchanging God's promises supersede whatever is going on

in the world Whatever is going on in your life your situation your circumstance God's word is greater than because

the word of God is eternal and is unchanging God said what he meant and he means what he

says The word of God has been tried has been proven Over time The grass the flowers they're temporary but

the word of God that stands forever is eternal Matthew 24:35 Jesus said the heavens and the earth

will pass away but my words will never pass away The things of this earth which are temporary

will pass away That's why you can't put your trust and faith in things of this world material things

They're temporary However the word of God is eternal The word of God is unchanging So

I'm gonna put my faith I'm putting my trust in the eternal unchanging word of the living

God that's found in the scriptures The word of God is divine it is eternal

and is greater than anything here on this earth It supersedes anything that man could come up with Psalm

righteous judgments endure forever The entirety of the word is truth from beginning to the end

from Genesis to Revelation Oftentimes people want to pick what truth they want to abide by and

what they want to discard No no no The entirety of the word is true from beginning to end So

as believers we have to believe it from the beginning to the end We might not

understand it all That's why you got to read the Bible That's why you got to study

the Bible That's why you got to allow the Holy Spirit to come in to bring illumination to the word

But our mindset has to be the entirety of the word is truth from beginning to end

If God said it that's what he means God is unchanging He's not changing his word

based on the circumstances and the situation of what's going on in the world today His word is unchanging The

things of this world is temporary but God's word will endure forever Jesus Christ embodies the truth of God

Jesus said that he is the way he is the truth and he is the life John 14:6 Now knows

what Jesus said knows what Jesus didn't say Jesus't say I am a way He

did not say I am a truth He said no no I am the way I am the truth

So you hear the world talking about there's no absolute truth Jesus just said he is the

truth He is the absolute truth Here's the whole truth nothing but the truth And this is why we can

trust the word from Genesis to Revelation because all of God's word is truth Proverbs 30:5 says that

every word of God is flawless it's pure it's tested it's refined like silver And he is a shield to

those who take refuge in him Every word of God is flawless It's pure tested refined like

silver meaning that God's word has been proven true and has been proven reliable throughout time

This is why we can trust the word because the word has been tested It's been proven It's gone through

the fire and it's still standing I many person that said the word is not true that

God is not real that Jesus is a figment of our imagination They're dead and gone but

the word of God is still standing The word of God is still true The word of God is still

reliable It stood the test of time That's why we can rely on the word That's why we

can depend on the word because the word of God still has the power to transform lives today

Many have tried to discard the scripture They're dead and gone The scripture is still standing The scripture is still

true Like silver that's been refined in the furnace Psalm 12:6 the words of the Lord are flawless

like silver refined in a furnace like gold purified seven times Silver gold in order for

it it's worth to be proven It had to go through the fire It had to be purified 7 times

That's why the word of God is flawless That's why it's pure It's been purified 7 times without

error or imperfection Now biblically the number 7 means completeness and perfection So the word of God is

his divine completeness perfection and guarantee of the fulfillment of his promises found in the word The word of

God has been tried it's been tested and it's come out like pure gold Purified 7 times

We're laying a foundation to establish the truth and the integrity of the word of God God has revealed himself

to man through the written word the scriptures the Bible and the living word Jesus

Christ Every jot every title of the word is true It's been tried it's been tested and it has stood

the test of time This is why we can put our total faith and trust in the scriptures Because it

is the word of the living God Next week we're going to continue our study

of the word of God We're going to dive further into the scriptures to deepen our faith in the

word of truth so that we can know that we know that we know that the word of God is

true It can be relied upon It can be depended upon I can put my

total faith in the word of God because it's God's word and God is not a man that

He should lie and we can trust the word With all the heart mind soul and strength So

until our next believer's Bible assembly be blessed in Jesus' name