The Word of God

Posted by on July 21, 2013 under Front Page Posts, Sermons

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Word of GodSermon for July 21, 2013 by Chris Benjamin

The Word of God is more than a book, a scroll, or a constitution for church government.  The Word of God is living wisdom animated by His Spirit.  The Word of God is creative in the sense that it is active and generates new realities and new creation.

Please do whatever it takes to read and hear the Word of God!  Join a group that reads the bible, commit yourselves to the public reading of God’s Word, use it as the basis of telling stories to one another and to children, just please incorporate it into your lives.

1. Open It Up.

Spectrum of Translations

Spectrum of Translations

  • Jesus understood who he was from Scripture.  He quoted 24 different Scriptures to describe who he was.
  • Seek to understand the word of God in your own language.  There has never been one official translation or version of the Bible.  It is translated freely into many languages so that the message may be shared.

2. Respect the Gravity of Scripture

  • Scripture isn’t flat.  Some stories have more significance than others.
  • The Exodus and the Gospel are defining events.
  • Jesus says that the Law and the Prophets hang on the most important commandments to Love God and Love Your Neighbor. (Matt. 22:37-40)

3. Faith Comes By HearingJustin M

  • Let Scripture become our language in the church
  • Read it, tell it, speak it, think it.
  • When we read it aloud we are shaped by the living word.
  • 1 Timothy 4:3; Col. 4:16 – The word was shared with the community in assembly.