Rom 10:17 So
then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Hearing the word of
God will increase our faith. Seriously. We pray for faith, we pray to believe,
we want more faith and yet we ignore the very thing that can ignite the faith
within us- the Word of God.
The precious word of
God. The powerful word of God. If it were not so powerful would Satan have
tried so hard to rid the world of it? And when he failed at that endeavor and
the word of God spread far and wide, many believed and so what did he do next?
When Satan realized there was no hiding God's word from people he changed
tactics and made it readily available to the masses in the most advance
societies in the world. Once it became readily available it began to lose its
appeal as a forbidden book. People not only have one but several Bibles in a
single home and yet they lay largely unutilized. In some countries where it is
still illegal to own the Bible, people hide them, they sneak bits and pieces of
them and live in fear of being found out. Most of us can't imagine that. Is
there a single person who has access to a computer and has somehow been able to
find this Bible study in a country that forbids Bibles? If so, may God bless
them with a very special blessing increasing their faith a hundredfold. We need
to hear the word, and our faith needs to be increased.
I doubt very highly
anyone who isn't interested in God and faith is reading this right now, yet we
need the knowledge of them too don't we?
1Co 1:18 For
the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us
which are saved it is the power of God.
The word of God is
FOOLISHNESS to those who perish. The word of God is the preaching of the cross,
it is the message of salvation, it is grace through the sacrifice of our
Savior, it is the knowledge gained through the truth. We find the truth in the
word of God, yet those who do NOT care about the word of God are among those
who will perish.
If you do NOT care
for the word of God, if you care but do not read the word of God even though
you care about it, how will you truly grow in faith? Faith comes by the word of
God. If you don't care if you perish or not, you probably aren't even reading this.
1Co 1:19 For
it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing
the understanding of the prudent.
1Co 1:20 Where
is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1Co 1:21 For
after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased
God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
It pleased God ---
by the foolishness of preaching -- to save them that believe.
The foolishness of
preaching. The word of God given to
people. So many people have access to the word of God, so few have any excuse
not to hear the word of God.
1Co 1:22 For
the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1Co 1:23 But
we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks
foolishness;
1Co 1:24 But
unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and
the wisdom of God.
The word of God is
CHRIST CRUCIFIED- CHRIST the POWER of GOD, the WISDOM of God.
What an amazing
treasure we have at our fingertips! Please Lord, please help us to seek Your
Word, the Word of GOD.
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