KEY SCRIPTURE: John 19:35 KJV “And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.”

Our key scripture tells us that John who recorded the events of Christ’s death, was also a witness of all that happened. The scriptures are very reliable because they are inspired by God. The scriptures are not mechanically dictated but are a collaboration between men and God. The natural qualities of these men were not ignored. The Bible is filled with lots of incredible things that call on men to believe and respond to it, to receive all that it has promised men. The birth of our Lord Jesus, the many miracles wrought by Jesus, the dividing of the Red Sea, and water coming out of stone, are all incredible things that reveal God’s power. To enjoy the power of God through the scriptures, one must be very humble and always approach the scriptures as God’s breath given to us to perfect us in this life.

The mistake certain people make is that they do not see the scriptures as a collaboration between God and men. The aim of God is for men to focus on the divine or supernatural part, because in the mind of God, the scriptures are His means of reaching men, yet He uses human instruments to record or write them.

Please let’s consider the following incident in scripture. In Joshua 10:1-12, five Kings gathered together to attack the people of Gibeon, who had entered into a covenant with Israel. Israel led by Joshua stood by the Gibeonites to fight the Amorites and the other kingdom. As they battled, these Kings were being defeated, but the night was setting in. Joshua prayed to God as follows. Jos 10:12 KJV” Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon”. Joshua asked the sun to stand still, yet In practice, the sun is already fixed in space. It is the earth that rotates and revolves around the sun. That day, the night did not show up because the ‘ sun stood still’, in Joshua’s understanding. It was the earth that stood still. Was Joshua or the Holy Ghost wrong? No. God was using men, to communicate His works, yet He used Joshua’s understanding at that time to communicate His power. If anyone would seek to find faults, then he would miss God and would not encounter the blessings and power of God.1Co 1:27 KJV” But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;” Dear child of God, let no man deceive or confuse you, concerning the scriptures.

THOUGHT: RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS, THE ENGRAFTED WORD.

FURTHER STUDIES

Tit 3:9 KJV” But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.”

James 4:6 KJV “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”