{"id":6617,"date":"2014-02-16T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allandouglas.dougbittinger.com\/blog\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:40","slug":"word-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/word-god\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WORD OF GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Calvin<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The word of God converges upon us in many ways to remind us of our creatureliness in relation to the Creator.\u00a0 At best we are limited in our understanding of who we are and how we fit into the scheme of things.\u00a0 We are not equipped to be God, but we are equipped to know the mind of God.\u00a0 Although there is mystery surrounding the Divine presence, He does not wish to remain a secret.\u00a0 We are invited to grasp as much of God as we are willing to seek.\u00a0 We are not left without resources in our search for ultimate reality.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We do not have to concoct fictitious characters and suspicious myths about the past.\u00a0 We do not have to worship the bizarre in the present nor do we have to fatalize the future.\u00a0 We have the Bible as the written word which bears witness to Christ the Living Word.\u00a0 We have the Holy Spirit which enhances our appreciation of both.\u00a0 Whatever lack of knowledge we have concerning the things of God is not because we lack the resources and one of those resources is the Bible.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Too often it seems we substitute the possession of a Bible for a relationship with the Bible.\u00a0 The Bible is more than a book.\u00a0 It is a God-breathed revelation which requires a personal commitment to its contents.\u00a0 Reading the scriptures with the aid of the Holy Spirit puts us on a first-name basis with many Biblical friends.\u00a0 We see their interactions with God and we learn the lessons of their lives.\u00a0 We put ourselves in their places and soon it seems God is giving directions to our own lives.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Bible can be more than a theological textbook used only as a vehicle for debate.\u00a0 It can be and it must be a devotional guide to God.\u00a0 Here is where we get acquainted with God and He has access to us.\u00a0 Here is where the Holy Spirit confronts us with our inconsistencies and empowers us for spiritual progress.\u00a0 Without this intimate encounter with\u00a0inspired truth our relationship with God is limited.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Although there are many translations, paraphrases and versions of the bible, the word from God is clear and unmistakable.\u00a0 We cannot plead ignorance once we have been exposed to its treasures.\u00a0 To learn it is to love it.\u00a0 To live it is to lead a life of obedience and hope.\u00a0 How well the Psalmist spoke to us when he wrote, “Thy word have I hid in my heart that I may not sin against God.”<\/span>
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     The word of God converges upon us in many ways to remind us of our creatureliness in relation to the Creator.  At best we are limited in our understanding of who we are and how we fit into the scheme of things.  We are not equipped to be God, but we are equipped to … Continue reading “THE WORD OF GOD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-6617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matters-of-faith","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19148,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions\/19148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}