Do You Trust the Word?

Twice in the last two chapters of the Book of the Revelation, the angel speaking to the Apostle John calls the words he is speaking as "trustworthy and true." (Revelation 21:5, 22:6)

It got me to wondering. Do you trust that the Word of God - the Bible - is trustworthy and true? A lot of people doubt that the Bible even is God's Word. They think it was made up men. Some think that parts of it are true and others are not. They look to certain books and think they shouldn't be in the Bible because what they say doesn't agree with their theological or philosophical position.

Without going into a huge dissertation about how we got the Bible, suffice it say that for the early church it was very obvious which books were included. Although there committees that ratified the books of the New Testament - they were only agreeing with what everyone alreaady knew.

Basically, God gave prophets and apostles His words which they wrote down. All the books agree with each other doctrinally and if you read any of the other books that people wanted to include in the Bible its obvious why they are not inspired.

The problem when we doubt the Bible is that we don't know which parts to believe and trust and which not to trust. That calls into question our understanding of God, and even of salvation.

So I would encourage you to study up on how we got our Bible and believe that the words God gave us in there are indeed "trustworthy and true."

Pastor Tom