14) We Believe In The Spoken Word, Written Word, And Living Word Of God! Series

THINGS MOST SURELY BELIEVED AMONG US

14) We Believe In The Spoken Word, Written Word, and Living Word of God!

Text: Luke 1:1

"Forasmuch as many have taken in hand - to set forth in order a declaration…

of those things which are most surely believed among us."

Lesson Recap

Alright, so as we continue on in this weekly Bible Study,

We are looking whole heartedly to God’s Word in order to discover...

“...those things most surely believed among us” - That of course is a reference made in Luke 1:1.

And has remained our core focus for this weekly study.

Now we have already talked about what we believe in God...

And now we are talking about the things we believe about God’s Word.

And we have been very specific about these things – because God is very specific about them.

These are the things we believe brethren.

For example, during the last four weeks, we have been taught and looked at God’s Word...

From just one text, that being 2 Timothy 3:16-17...

So to recap our learnings from these previous weeks - let’s once again start here.

What have we learnt about the Bible?

16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, - This is the first thing we learnt

The Bible is God’s Word….

He is the ultimate author of it,

He is the one who first spoke it…and every Word comes from Him.

…and is profitable…. We are told as we read on…But not for money!

You see there are a lot of fakes and frauds out there,

Pretending to come in the name of the Lord…

Some even holding a Bible and using Scripture…but for no other reason than to get rich.

The good name of our Lord and the Holy Scriptures is not to be exploited in this way.

In fact, the Greek term profitable used here is not a financial term at all,

But instead speaks of that which is “useful” or “advantageous” to our lives.

And then Paul makes a list of how useful it can be declaring it to be:

Profitable for doctrine [that means teaching], for reproof [that means to show fault and to convict of sin], for correction [or rather to restore or stand upright], for instruction in righteousness [So that we can be shown how to live right]:

That’s what God’s Word does - and how it benefits our lives.

Reading on into verse 17 now: That the man of God may be perfect,

This was our third lesson – it was all about how the Word of God…

Not only Profits Us – but about how it also Perfects Us.

But don’t forget that term does not speak of Faultless, or Sinless Perfection,

But is rather used in the sense of being made “Whole” and “Complete”

The Bible is God’s Life Manual – given to all of mankind.

God’s Word – enables us to live whole and complete lives the way God intended them to be.

And this of course, brings us all back to what we learnt last week.

And that lesson was revealed to us in the back part of verse 17:

God’s Word has been given: That the man of God may be perfect…

Throughly furnished unto all good works.

To be throughly furnished means to be “fully equipped”.

You see, God’s Word equips us to do right and to live right.

There is nothing that God has not called us to do – that His Word cannot not equip us to do first.

We are equipped for all aspects for ministry...

And for our walk and relationship with God...Through God’s Word

Now there is a lot to learn here - right.

All Scripture is God Inspired...

And God’s Word Profits us...

God’s Word Completes Us...

And God’s Word Fully Equips Us

Brethren – These are ...The Things Most Surely Believed Among us!

The Bible Is God’s Word

So that is what we have learnt about God’s Word so far.

Today I want to build upon these learnings...

With yet further teachings from The Bible relating to the Word of God.

More specifically, I want to talk about three things we believe about God’s Word:

Firstly, We believe in the Spoken Word of God...

Secondly, We believe in the Written Word of God...

And thirdly, we believe in the Living Word of God.

Amen – lets now see this now together - chapter and verse from the Bible.

Turn with me to John Chapter 1.

Today is really just another step forward...

Towards understanding more about what we believe.

And the Bible is how we are going to do it.

Here in John Chapter 1 - there are three simple points

I want you to see and understand about God’s Word this morning.