Friday, January 7, 2022

God Said It

“Thy Word is Truth” (John 17:17).

Today this quote caught my eye while thumbing through an old periodical, entitled Christian Truth:

“If I do not believe the Bible till it is sanctioned by some one or something else, I do not believe it at all; rather it is the sanction I believe.”

In other words, I don’t accept the Biblical account just because science and history prove it to be true. While true science and accurate history will never counteract the Bible but always confirm and uphold it, yet I accept it because it is the Word of God.

This is faith! Faith rests on the Word of God without question. If I believe it because someone else proved it, I do not have faith in God but in someone else. This is shaky ground at best since man’s opinions and ideas are more often than not subject to change. Growing up I often heard this quote:

God said it, I believe it, that settles it!

I trust that it settles it for all my readers.