Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For,
"All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever."
And this is the word that was preached to you.
(1 Peter 1:22-25 NIV)
In a day of science and technology the world questions our faith and the bible. Yet we who follow God hold to he bible for truth and guidance. I struggle with this sometimes. It starts with the authors of the New Testament beyond Jesus words. But it erodes our whole faith if we let it.
The foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of the world. Yet the wisdom of God: the Cross and the word of God is foolishness to the world and yet life and salvation to us who believe.
For by the word we know Christ and his work for us. By the word we know God our creator and the epic pageant of human history. By the living Word of God we meet God in he words, people, truth and in the events in the bible. As the Spirit reveals God and truth and as we respond in prayer, word and deed we find God to be real and relevant today as he was thousands of years ago and in eternity. Jesus himself is the Word of God.
I still have fears and doubts. But I give them to you God. Help me to hold more to your living word and your promise. Help me to share you and your word with others. God please move in heir heart to reveal yourself and your truth.
Amen
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