The Eternal Word

May 10

There is no area of human endeavor or need that is not addressed in the Bible, the Word of the Living and Eternal God. Jesus, ‘the Word become flesh,’ embodies the essence of the Word. He said of Himself, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father but by Me” John 14:6.

Because He is the Living Word, the full expression of God, Jesus addressed every human need and every human concern when He walked among us on the shores of Galilee. He met every need—for healing, for deliverance, for salvation. He assured His followers that He is all they need for time and for eternity.

If we doubt the veracity of the efficaciousness of the Word in our day, in our behalf, we need look no further than the writing of Paul the Apostle. In his letter to his beloved spiritual son, he said, “All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, and for training in righteousness” II Timothy 3:16.

When we factor in Paul’s willingness to sacrifice his political influence, his temporal authority in the religion for which he had spent himself the entirety of his life, as well as his willingness to lay down his very life for the Word of God, for the Living Christ, we cannot doubt the importance of this eternal Word to him—and to us today!