Deuteronomy 4:2
You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take
from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command
you.
Throughout the ages, God's Word has always been challenged
to some degree. But in today's world,
God's Word is being challenged in totality.
It was gradual at first, but now God's detractors are bold and
aggressive. Their messages are widespread
and unforgiving. If you do not fall in
line with the untruths that they sell, you are a bigot and a danger to society.
We are being told over and over again that the world's
values are changing and that we all need to change with it. In other words, God's Word is not meant to be
everlasting. It was only good for a
different time and place.
When given the opportunity to share the Good News, we may
find ourselves trying to massage the message so that it is more palatable to
the listener. How dare we presume that
our words are more pleasing to the lost than the Word of God? When we are sharing God's Word with the
others, we should speak the truth as it is written. We are doing the lost a great disservice if
we give them anything other than the full truth. Our words are powerless when they are not
grounded in the Word of God. Yet when we
speak under the authority of the Word of God, our words hold the same truths and promises as the Word
of God. Our words offer hope and
assurance for those who are in need.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, we thank You for giving us Your inerrant
Word so that we may have knowledge of who You are, so that we may know how much
You love us, so that we may know that You have created us in Your image and
that we may know that You have a perfect plan for our lives here on earth and
in Your eternal kingdom. We exalt You
for all the promises that You extend to us in Your Holy Word. Lord, we pray that You open our minds to
receive the truths in Your Word. We pray
that You equip us to share the perfect truth in Your Word with those that You
have placed in our lives. We ask all
these things in the name of the Word Made Flesh, Jesus Christ.
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