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Truth
“Thy Word is truth” (John 17:17).
The Bible is the only book that faithfully tells us what we are. “For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). This shows it to be divine, for it is only God who searches the heart. It also truly reveals God, so that when the Word is received, it brings our souls into the consciousness of God having to do with us and we having to do with Him. There are a great variety of aspects in which the Son who came forth from the Father to save sinners is presented: His personal glory, moral perfection, finished work, walk, words, ways, life, death, resurrection, ascension, glorification, present offices, and future judgments and reign. These leading truths of Scripture also give it a divine character. Don’t try to argue against the Word of God; don’t question it, or ignore it. Accept it as the unquestionable truth — about yourself, and your true condition as a sinner. Then receive the Lord Jesus as your Savior and Lord.
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