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Post by George
God's words are in no way dependent upon us for legitimacy or efficacy.
OUR FAITH DOES COME FROM BOOKS - BOOKS that can only be found in the Holy Bible. As a matter of fact - Our faith is totally dependent on the BOOKS of the Bible.
God's words are "ALIVE" and the Holy Spirit uses them to "quicken" us at the moment of our salvation.
[1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which LIVETH and abideth for ever.]
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Amen George! God's Words are alive and life giving. How important are these words(whether we receive them or not)!
Hebrews 4:12 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.
Our attitude and response to the Bible concerning salvation, sanctification, and ALL issues of life IS important. The consequences are eternal. There is NO gospel (or truth) apart from the Scriptures.
Romans 10:17 So then
FAITH COMETH by hearing, and hearing
BY THE WORD OF GOD.
1 Peter 1:23 Being
BORN AGAIN, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
BY THE WORD OF GOD, which liveth and abideth for ever.
(Not of CORRUPTBLE men's words.)
Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it
NOT AS THE WORD OF MEN, but as it is
in truth, the
WORD OF GOD, which
EFFECTUALLY WORKETH also in you that believe.
Psalms 119:41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy
SALVATION,
ACCORDING TO THY WORD.
Psalms 119:81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but
I HOPE in THY WORD.
Psalms 119:130 The entrance of
THY WORDS giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
John 5:39 Search
THE SCRIPTURES; for
IN THEM ye think
ye have ETERNAL LIFE: and they are they which testify of me.
Acts 18:28 For he mightily
convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing
BY THE SCRIPTURES that Jesus was Christ.
John 20:31 But
THESE ARE WRITTEN, that ye might
BELIEVE that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
James 1:18 Of his own will
BEGAT HE US WITH THE WORD OF TRUTH, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and
RECEIVE with meekness the
ENGRAFTED WORD, which is
ABLE TO SAVE YOUR SOULS.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you
THE GOSPEL which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2
BY WHICH YE ALSO YE ARE SAVED, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES:
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
EVERY WORD that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Psalms 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast
MAGNIFIED THY WORD above all thy name.