Saturday, July 04
Maxims of Faith
Then I said, "I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name." But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire, shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back. (Jeremiah 20:9)
The Word of God is alive, real, and powerful in my heart and life today.
Here are some basics of faith:
• To be believers, we should know what we believe and who we believe.
• The most basic lesson is we must take the Word of God at its face value.
• Without knowing God's will, faith is impossible.
• The Word is the eternal will of God.
• To question Scripture is to question the only guide we have ... and to question God.
• The Word of God is an ultimatum, not an option for discussion.
• Democratic vote or consensus does not decide Bible truth. It is "settled in heaven forever."
• The Bible is the Constitution of the Kingdom of God, and no two-thirds majority of any parliament on earth can change it.
The Bible makes no bones about it and insists a thousand times on its own divine authority. The prophets who spoke, for example, were not offering their private political opinions, but "holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." They used the phrase: "Thus says the Lord." The Jewish conception was of a God of awful holiness, and they trembled before His awesome greatness.
Unless they had an overwhelming sense that God had sent them, no prophet of Israel would dare to claim to be the mouthpiece of this Almighty Being. Only absolute certainty would open their mouths. Moses reluctantly got into a lengthy argument with God when He commissioned him to return to Egypt for the liberation of His people. Jeremiah declared, "I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name." But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not."
The Word of God is alive and real and powerful in your life today!