The Word Of God

Hello world, what a great time I had last night at church, since I was with our other volunteer leaders in our church's Mid Week Bible Club where God blessed our first meeting unfortunatly because of that I missed our preachers preaching, so I now am sitting here and listening to our preachers message from last night, I am so encouraged to keep on the firing line and defend the stance of the Local Church, not some denominational name, not some hierarchy developed by diluted men who want power of this world, but....that Christ died for the church and its His and nobody elses! I also wanted to share with you a message the Lord had on my heart for the teenagers last night as I preached. It is so sad that I heard this week that amongst pre-teens and teenagers over 70% of them cannot even name the first book of the Bible, over 50% cannot even name 1 of the Ten Commandments? And to think that in America we have parents asking the question....what is going on with our children! First and foremost we must get back into the Bible! We must make it the focal point of our lives! Here are some thoughts as I preached them.

The Word Spoken
Bro. Paul Pschirer
Intro: The Word of God, the blessed old book, the Bible spoken and revealed unto man to show us our total depravity. Without the Word of God preserved from generation to generation and handed down where would we be? Some people today look at the Bible and say so what it’s just a book, others say it may contain some good advice, but to those that are lost it’s the path of light unto their darkened souls. It’s the way to redemption through Jesus Christ the only begotten of the Father! To the Christian it is much more! Let us look tonight the importance of His Word for a lost and dying world, and as a provision for a pursuit of Christ likeness! Two main things need to be understood tonight
1. The Bible is the only book that is Gods Word to us, and it is better than all other books combined.
2. There are many evidences that might lead us to believe the Bible is Gods Word, but it is only by the Holy Spirits direct work in us that we can be assured without a doubt that the Bible is Gods Word.
When God desired to create a universe He spoke it into existence through His Word, it was by
the POWER of His spoken Word
· Gen 1:1-31 - and God said…..8x in these verses alone
· Heb 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by
the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear.
1. God Word Reveals It’s Purpose:
A. To Work In Our Lives
· Every single saved soul is begotten of the Father through His Word
Jas 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we
should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
· 1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
B. To Weed through Our Lives
When we take God at His Word and desire it more than the things of
this world then it lowers the plough and begins to dig deep thereby
· It Cleanses the conscience- Joh 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word
which I have spoken unto you.
· It corrects the wrong - 2Ti 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness:
· It consecrates the life - Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy
word is truth.
C. To Warn In Our Lives
When we have been convicted, converted, and consecrated Gods Word works
to warn us of the things to come.
· 2Ti 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this
seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth
the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
· 2Ti 3:12 - 15 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which
thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou
hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
· God also gives us a warning from His Word about the way we treat His Word
Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add
unto him the plagues that are written in this book: Rev 22:19 And if any
man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and
from the things which are written in this book.
How then are we as Christians to respond to this?
1Pe 1:22 -23 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

2. Satan's Battle Against the Word
When Satan knew that martyrdom and persecution wouldn’t stop the spread of Christianity he tried another tactic, the watering down of the Word of God. Using Carnal Men that developed New Translations, New Programs, and New Gimmicks that deceive the very elect into believing falsely.
· Satan has tried to CORRUPT the Word
Hath God not said….Satan got one over on Eve because
she didn’t heed the Word.
· Satan has tried to CUT the Word
In modern translations there are numerous omitted
verses….NIV, NLT, RSV, all these have either removed verses
about the blood of Christ, or watered down words to change the
Deity of Christ and other theological implications.
· Satan has tried to CONCEAL the Word
In times past and even today there are denominations that allow
so called priests and bishops to hide the truth from the
congregation by supplying them with their version instead of the
true Word of God, the KJB! We saw in the "Dark Ages" that it
wasn't dark because of the ignorant masses, but because the true
Word of God was kept concealed from them by priests and
bishops that said their words were on the same level as if God
himself was speaking, so therefore they didn't need a Bible, they
"just needed to depend on the priests" How foolish as the Bible
clearly states there is one mediator between God and men, the
man Christ Jesus. No need to confess to some man your sins
thereby giving him the right to dangle those over your head,
besides, it is not in his power to absolve you of your sins. Only the
Lord Jesus Christ can forgive you of your sins....we have access to
the Throne of Grace ourselves by the precious blood of Jesus
Christ. There is also no private interpretation of the Scriptures!
It is His Word, revealed to His people, that they might know HIM!

· God promised that if by faith we accept His Word then we have a
guarantee that….Isa 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
· God through His Word encourages us to hide His Word in our heart
that we might not sin against God. Psalm 119:11
· Paul the Apostle encourages preachers to...Preach the Word that
way Satan can’t try to get his words over on somebody.We should
stand and preach as loudly we can so that we will choke out the
words of this world.

3. Because God Spoke His Word It will Bring About:

· No Fear - But Praise
Psa 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what
flesh can do unto me.
· Healing and Deliverance
Psa 107:19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of
their distresses. Psa 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them
from their destructions.
· Cleansing
Psa 119:9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy word.
· Strength
Psa 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy
word.
· Mercy
Psa 119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according
to thy word.
· Salvation
Psa 119:41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,
according to thy word.
· Faith
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of
your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit
of promise,