DID GOD REALLY SAY?
The apostle Peter viewed holy Scripture as God’s very Word. He described its authorship simply as God spoke and men wrote. He said that their pens were not moved by their own wisdom nor initiative, but by the Holy Spirit.
The apostle Paul agreed with Peter’s high view of Scripture writing, “All Scripture is God-breathed” (2 Tim. 3:16). “God-breathed,” or “inspired by God” is the translation of the Greek word “Theopneustos.”
It reminds me of the way God created Adam, forming him from “the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life” (Gen. 2:7). In a similar way, God breathed life-giving words that the Holy Spirit “moved” men to write down.
Yet the first Satanic strategy is to cause people to doubt God’s Word. Remember how the Serpent began his temptation of Eve? He asked, “Did God really say?” (Gen.3:1). He knew that if he could get her questioning the validity of God’s Word, the rest would be easy. Like a ship without an anchor, she would be cast adrift without the truth of God’s Word. And so she was and her husband and all mankind with her.
What do you believe about the Scriptures? Do you believe them to be God’s Word? Peter did. Paul did. And more importantly, Jesus did. When He was tempted by Satan, He responded, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). Jesus believed the Scriptures to be the very Word of God.
Did God really say? Yes. I firmly believe He did. And He still speaks today to those who would study His Word and believe.
PRAYER: Dear Father, we are so thankful for the Bible. For it is Your love letter to us. We believe You inspired it and preserved it that we might know Your life-giving words. We thank You, Lord. In Jesus’ name, amen.