2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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GOD’S WORD IS FOREVER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Psalm 119:89-91
Matthew 5:17-20
“Till heaven and earth pass, one jot
or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
GOD’S WORD IS FOREVER
The attack against the Word of God is worse today than ever before. Satan is using people not only outside the church but even insiders to destroy the authority of God’s Word. The faith of many believers is at stake as the rule of their faith and practice is put in a bad light. Slowly, but surely, there are Christians who turn away from the faith because of the false belief that God’s Word has mistakes and is therefore untrustworthy.
Settled in heaven: To be settled can be likened to a pillar erected upon a boulder of rock, established and fixed. The psalmist says this of God’s Word as not standing on this temporal planet earth but in heaven. The Word of the LORD is forever fixed even from before the beginning till after the end of this world. It is eternal. This is the psalmist’s trust in the Word of his God, which can never change even from everlasting to everlasting.
Unto all generations: Since heaven is eternal, so also the Word settled on it will remain forever. The faithful promises of God in His Word will continue without end. All generations have heard and will hear it because it will abide forever and ever. Even so, here on earth, the Word is also fixed and preserved, with no errors and no mistakes. What was given to Moses, the prophets and the apostles is to the jot and tittle available today as true copies without additions nor deletions.
They continue to this day: That is the psalmist’s reason for saying it continues until now. As it will endure for eternity, it will also remain unchanged while here in this brief time on earth. For what is this temporal sojourn compared to eternity? If it will last forever, surely no change will happen to it on earth.
The words of man keep changing. There is no fixed truth, for their truth is relative. Only the Word of the LORD is trustworthy and absolute, even from generation to generation. The Bible is the only source of wisdom. We trust in God rather than in man. So, dear reader, what will you trust in?
THOUGHT: Am I trusting in the Bible as God’s eternal Word?
PRAYER: Father, help me to see the truth of Thy Word.