Subject: Is belief in the bible needed to be save |
Bible Note: Hi hetfield, Maybe the distinction is being overemphasized? I for one do not say that Jesus is not the living Word of God- because He is! (John. 1:1, 14) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." Futher, Jesus says that His Word is Truth- John 17:17, "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth." I'm sure we're agreed on this point. However, the writer of Hebrews declares, in 4:12, that "For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow..." Certainly you'd agree that this refers to the written Word? We also know that "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ" (Rom. 10:17), a clear reference to the life-changing power of the written Word of God! Do you deny that the written Word has any life-changing power, or that it cannot change lives? It is the very Word of God, is it not? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |