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God's Word Is Perfect Series
Contributed by Paul Robinson on Oct 4, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: Everything in life has flaws, that is, everything except the Bible! God's Word is perfect for three distinct reasons, and these reasons will change the way you look at your Bible.
God’s Word is perfect because its author is perfect.
Deut. 32:4-- “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”
Like a rock, God is firm and immovable. His work has always been perfect, from the very beginning of time. Like a rock, He has not changed; He is still perfect today. Man, however, is like a wave of the sea; he is fickle. He is up one day and down the other.
Anything God makes is perfect. When God made man, man was perfect, sinless. It was man that took matters into his own hands and caused himself and all of nature to become imperfect and sinful. Anything man makes is imperfect. Man cannot and will never be able to make anything that is perfect.
Examples:
--The automobile: breaks down.
--The telephone: lose your connection.
--The computer: gets bugs and viruses.
--The light bulb: the light burns out.
--The television: the screen loses its clarity.
...and that’s only the beginning. Man cannot make anything perfect because it goes against his very nature. The same is true with God. God cannot make anything imperfect because it goes against His holy nature.
Let me tell you a story of a pianist. “After a long absence from the stage, pianist Vladimir Horowitz was to perform in Chicago. Franz Mohr, the chief concert technician for Steinway and Sons, was assigned to make sure the piano was in perfect condition. He did so to the best of his ability, but wasn’t able to relax until Horowitz had given a brilliant rendering of his first number. As was his custom, the pianist left the stage--but didn’t return. Mohr was summoned backstage. ‘Where have you been?’ exclaimed Horowitz. ‘I cannot play again. The piano stool is far too high!’ Mohr nervously inquired as to the size of the problem. Horowitz held up his hand, his thumb and forefinger about a quarter of an inch apart.” Mohr spent all his time tuning the piano, but he never adjusted the piano bench. Horowitz was a perfectionist.
God is the greatest perfectionist there ever will be. His Word is absolutely perfect! It’s not even a quarter of an inch off; it’s right on the dot!
God’s Word is perfect in three ways.
1. God’s Word is Perfect in Being Flawless
Psa. 119:160-- “Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”
Man’s inventions start as very rough pieces of work and get better over time; but when God speaks the word, it is perfect the first time. If a rocket’s trajectory is off just an inch, after going up for thousands of miles, it would be way off course. If God made a mistake back in the beginning of time, He would be way off course, and everyone would know it. But He got it right the first time; He is perfect!
God’s Word is flawless in conception, flawless in inspiration, and flawless in inerrancy. God created the perfect Word that He knew man would need.
But man in his sinful mind did not think the KJV was good enough. There are over 200 different translations in the English language alone. They are all different. They are not all perfect, for man added to them and took away from them.
Let’s compare a few:
KJV: “And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
New International Version: Not there.
The Message: “As they continued down the road, they came to a stream of water. The eunuch said, Here’s water. Why can’t I be baptized? (verse 37 omitted) He ordered the chariot to stop. They both went down to the water, and Philip baptized him on the spot. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of God suddenly took Philip off, and that was the last the eunuch saw of him. But he didn’t mind. He had what he’d come for and went on down the road as happy as he could be.”
English Standard Version: Not there.
Darby Translation: Not there.
Many translations leave out the blood of Christ!
Pro. 30:5-- “Every word of God is pure.”
In the Hebrew, “pure” is tsaraph, which means “to fuse or refine.” Every word of God is refined to perfection. What if just one word in the whole Bible were wrong? The Word wouldn’t be perfect; it would have one spot of imperfection.
On numerous occasions, man has taken what God has given and has twisted it to fit his sinful desires. Examples:
Evolution--God gave us creation, man twisted it.
Gay marriage--God gave us marriage between a man and a woman, man twisted it.
