My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever” (Isiah 40:8).
“Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him” (Proverbs 30:5).
For many there is a tendency to take the scripture with a grain of salt, take in the parts they like, ignore the parts the don’t. They might buy into popular ideas of erroneous errors or harmful teaching within the scriptures, regardless of the evidence to the contrary. It can be popular and feel freeing to deconstruct the Bible. Either by abandoning it or fitting it into our context our world view. Love demands more . . . . A God of love does not speak to us with wavering speech. Though are hearts and minds are not clear, we cannot say this of God’s heart and mind. It is ludicrous to even imagine an all-powerful God who loves giving us weak and untrustworthy words. Paul says the scriptures are God breathed, what God speaks comes from his heart. You cannot say God is love and go on to say that the scripture is erroneous. God’s word is not only love, but also life. John begins his Gospel with these words, “In the beginning was the Word . . .. in him was life”. Quoting Moses, Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” God’s word points us to the one who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Jesus said, “You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me” (John 5:39).
Sadly, “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). When you reject the scripture or interpret them in your own way, you are rejecting Jesus. “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32). Don’t buy the attacks people make on the scripture, these are arguments of weak-minded people, who may of struggled, but have not wrestled deep enough. Coming to know the scripture is a war, the scripture is at war for are hearts and minds. When the scripture describes the word of God as a double-edged sword, it is the sword used in close combat where men are wrestling for life. Do not be week-minded, allow the sword to pierce you. Hold on and wrestle like Jacob till you are overcome. “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12).
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:25–29)
epilogue: When I say weak-minded, I have a lot of compassion for those who struggle with the inerrancy of scripture. I know it is tough, draining, sometimes the hardest battle you have ever been in. I’ve been there and because of my own foolishness still have to battle. But we must not let go till God’s word wins. The admonition of the scripture is to “wait on the Lord”.
