Contact with the Living God
Dearly beloved of God, God has revealed His Word so that we can know His Will. He would have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
If we are to learn about spiritual matters, the Word of God must be our only reference for truth. God reveals His will, His plans, purposes, and desires in His Word. The Word of God gives us a point of contact with the Living God. Far too many have overlooked this foundational truth.
Since men communicate with words, God communicated to men with His Word. He is the Originator of the information in His Word. It is God’s Word, not men’s words about God.
If words have any value with which to communicate, we must take them to mean what they say. Rules and laws govern language so that we can effectively communicate. Laws govern the use of figures of speech, which are used in God’s Word; they are not arbitrary.
Words are useless as a means of communication if we cannot take them to mean what they say. If words do not mean what they say, it would be impossible for anyone to communicate with them.
Since this is not the case, we must take God at His Word and believe what He communicates to us concerning spiritual matters. He says exactly what He means. It is important that we not only understand what He says, but how He says it, where He says it, when He said it, to whom He addresses it, and of whom it concerns.
II Timothy 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
Who is the source of “all Scripture”? God is the source. The Scriptures had many writers such as the prophet Moses, the Apostle Paul, the Prophet Isaiah, etc., but God gave each of them the words which they recorded. They used their vocabularies but what they wrote was revelation knowledge given to them by God.
II Peter 1:20 and 21
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. [Why?]
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
The Scriptures did not come out of the mind of man; holy men of God spake as God gave them His Word.
In any field or endeavor of life, we need instruction. The instruction of the Word of God teaches us about spiritual matters, such as, His grace to us in Christ Jesus, salvation, forgiveness of sin, our standing before God in Christ, our access to God by the spirit, prayer, the operation of the nine manifestations of the spirit, our hope of glory, and every other spiritual matter.
Proverbs 29:18 Sanskrit
Where there is no knowledge of God the people wander aimlessly.
God does not want His people to wander aimlessly. God wants us to come unto the knowledge of the truth. He gave us the revelation knowledge of His Word in writing so that we might know the things that are freely given to us by Him.
God does not instruct us “to take it by faith” as though it is impossible to know His Will. He says, “Be diligent to present yourself approved unto God, an unashamed worker, rightly dividing the Word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15 WT
How do we get the faith necessary to receive the things of God?
Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
If we will study the Word of God as our reference for truth concerning spiritual matters we will learn what God wants us to believe. The right way of believing comes by hearing the Word of God. If we will believe what He says we are to believe, we will be able to receive them.
God has revealed all things that pertain to life and godliness. He has given us great and precious promises, that by these we might be partakers of the divine nature, be the children of God; and if children, heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ.
The Word of God gives us a point of contact with the Living God. We can check what anyone may say about spiritual matters against the truth of His Word, and know whether it is the truth of God, or not.
Dearly beloved, the Word of God will give you certainty in these uncertain times.