The Perfection Of The Word Of God

Psalm 12.6 And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible refined seven times.

God's Word is absolutely perfect, without any defect. The word used here in Psalm 12.6 is the same word used to describe a lamb which was brought to the priest for inspection and was found to be without any defect. Acceptable sacrifices were referred to as being flawless or without defect. (Leviticus 23)

Gold refined once is pure. Gold refined seven times... Perfect.

The Word of the LORD is perfect, flawless, without error or any defect. It is completely pure.  Peter refers to it as the pure milk of the Word. David declared that law of the LORD is perfect.

1. The Word of God stands firm in the heavens.  Psalm 119.89

Jesus- Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will never pass away.

Luke 21.33

Wisdom was there when the LORD created the heavens and the earth.

Proverbs 3.19, 8.27-29

Psalm 19. The heavens declare...

The moon, the stars... set in place by the Word of God. He spoke them into existence.

I Peter 1.21-25

Pure

Opposite of to bait, catch by a bait, allure, entice, deceive

2. Since the beginning Satan has been questioning and distorting God's Word.

In the garden... "Did God really say...?"

It has been under attack.

Tested, tried and pure. Been through the fire, continues to be.

Much of what is going on in our country today is energized by Satan. We have had to add to church policy to protect ourselves from liability from standing on the Word of God. More to come...

3. It stands the Test of time.

The Bible is still the number one best seller.

The scriptures were written between 2-4,000 years ago.

They have survived World Empires, Communistic Regimes, Men who tried to destroy them. Where they have been forbidden they have flourished. God's Word will never pass away! 

4. You can depend on it.

Love that Spurgeon quote, "A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to a person whose life is not."

I loved the way my grandmother, who had an enormous influence on my walk with the LORD as a young man, trusted the Word of God. I learned more by the way she lived trusting it than I did by her words, or really, as much as I loved them, my professors in Bible College.

There is something beautiful about a saint who trusts in the LORD.

"My God shall supply all your needs"  HQ China Inland Mission over the door. We have found it so in Haiti!

Standing on the Promises...

5. You will be thankful you have built your life on it. Matthew 7

Along the journey.

When the time of testing comes.

Suffering... Missionary yesterday... Sharon Hurkens and I speaking about maturing... Reflection of the image of the refiner in the crucible.

When the blessings come down.

When the end of life comes.

Throughout Eternity!