The Foundation for the More Abundant Life
Dearly beloved of God, “man’s basic spiritual problem is NOT believing the integrity of the Word of God.”
“It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God [theopneustos: God breathed] and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect [outfitted or equipped] throughly furnished [completely outfitted or equipped] unto all good works.” II Timothy 3:16 and 17
“The Word of God is that food required by man so that he may renew his mind and thereby manifest the more abundant life.”
“Spiritual weakness and spiritual inability can be due only to an improper diet, that is, the neglect of the Word of God.”
What about the people whose Bibles are not dust covered and neglected, and yet they are still spiritually weak? “Their spiritual malady must be caused by wrong usage of God’s Word. The improper usage means that the Word of God is not being rightly divided.”
“What happens when people fail to understand The Word? They succumb to all the doctrines and theories of man. These spiritually-hungry people are blown from pillar to post with each new philosopher or new idea. The fleeting shadows of a few great names rather than the Word of God hold people spellbound. Far too many people believe what they have received from man and then endeavor to have their beliefs corroborated by going to the Bible and selecting Scriptures to substantiate their ideas.”
“We should honestly come to the point that we allow the Word of God to take pre-eminence in our lives no matter what ideas, no matter what theories, no matter what opinions we may have held. We must come to The Word, let The Word speak, and adjust our thinking according to the integrity and the accuracy of The Word. After we have let The Word speak, we must accordingly harmonize our beliefs, our actions and our living.”
“II Peter 1:3 says about The Word,
According as his [God’s] divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.”
God underwrote His Word; He put His name underneath it, He guaranteed it. It is just like a check. When I write a check for a thousand dollars, I put my name underneath it. The check is only as good as the signature. How good is The Word? The Word of God declares that it is as good as God for God signed His Name to it.
The Word is as much God as God is God. What God said was, was; what God has said is, is; what God says will be, will be. Do you see why we must come back to the integrity and accuracy of God’s wonderful Word? We cannot trust man’s word because man blows about being here today and gone tomorrow; but the Word of God “liveth and abideth for ever.” That Word endures.” Quotes from Dr. Wierwille, PFAL class
You cannot fail by taking God at His Word because He stands behind every last syllable.
Dearly beloved, God is our Father and His Word reveals the good pleasure of His Will to us. The revelation of the Church Epistles reveal what the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished for us and is in us. This revelation reveals that He freely gives us all things with His Son. Everything that God did in Christ and what Christ accomplished is ours; everything from the new birth to the hope of obtaining the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are complete in Christ.
God gave us this revelation for our believing. The Father says that we walk by believing, not by sight. We walk with Him by believing what He says.
You can stake your life on the Word of God concerning Christ because it is His Word, dearly beloved. God sent His Son so that we could have life, and have it more abundantly. Rejoice, and live with thanksgiving in your heart. It stands written!