-October 28, 2020-
Good morning, happy Wednesday,
-The Word Of God Endures Forever-
“Because ‘all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever.’ Now this the word which by the gospel was preached to you.”
(1 Peter 1:24-25).
The expression is true for most everything in the world, “Nothing lasts forever.” Not money, not possessions, not even our bodies, nothing. The only exceptions are the souls of people and the Word of God. It is the latter our text today is speaking about.
Like God, His word is eternal. Everyone will die but their souls will live on into eternity either in heaven with the Lord if they are saved or in hell if they are not. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will be no means pass away” (Matthew 24:35).
The Bible has stood the test of time and will also stand the test of eternity. Many evil people have tried to destroy it, and the devil has tried to eradicate it, but all efforts have failed and will fail. In the days of Jeremiah, God gave him a message to pass onto to all Judah. The wicked king Jehoiakim burned the scroll. Jeremiah 36:23 says, “And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.” God had Jeremiah write another one to replace it.
We have God’s promise in verse 25, “But the word of the Lord endures forever.” Man can confiscate it, burn it, or destroy it, but it will last forever. It is not to say we can take our Bibles with us to heaven but the Word of God will be there.
If the Word of God endures forever, should we not read it, study it, meditate on it, memorize it, obey it, and apply it to our lives? The Bible does not merely contain the Word of God, it is the Word of God. Every word is profitable for us.
Let us rejoice that we have God’s Word. We are so blessed. It has been translated into nearly every language in the world. The gospel has been preached from shore to shore, and eternal souls have saved.
Have a blessed day reading and obeying the Word of God. There are commands to obey, promises to claim, and principles to live by. Stay safe and healthy.
Dean
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