Faith
is the key to defeating all that comes against you. In order
for the hand of God to work miracles in your life, you must believe
that he is able. Your trials have no power over you except for
what you allow. For that reason, you must never let the fear of
any painful situation in your life become bigger than your God....by Marianne Bernard
The
first factor is the Word of God. Why was John here? - "for the
word of God". Why were they slain? - "for the word of God".
Why do things happen? - "because of the word of God" - yes,
and the other part of it - "the testimony of Jesus." But
what is the Word of God that sets up all this? What is the Word of
God that creates this terrific antagonism? Well,
we need an adequate conception of what God Himself means by 'the Word
of God'. He does not just mean the Bible - that, because we have the
Bible, then we are slain. We are anything but slain. You can get
Bibles at every bookshop. It is nothing to do with the Bible - except
that the Bible is the vessel of God's revelation of Himself. The
Bible can be the Bible - and a closed book as far as its meaning
goes. No, it is more than that. It is not even Bible doctrine. You
need not get slain for holding sound evangelical doctrine. Indeed,
mere 'soundness' may be quite a deadly thing. Assuming 'soundness' in
matters of doctrine and Scripture, there is something even greater
yet, and that relates to the SPIRITUAL understanding
of the MEANING of
the Scriptures.
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