The nature and purpose of God’s word
Heb 3:7-11; 3:14; 4:6-7 God the holy holy holy God is the God who speaks to sinful man. ||||||||| If God speaks and we are not to harden our hearts, how we hear the voice of God. |||||||||| Not from dreams, not out-of-body experience, not from angelic beings, 2Cor12:2 Not even Paul's experience is for our knowing. |||||||||| Heb. 1:1; 2Tim 3:16-17 The God-breathed Book through which God speaks. |||||||| Col 2:18 ||||||||||| Word of God is Alive and powerful, the very dynamite of God. Jer 23:29; Ps 119:105 ||||||| Sharp like the surgeon's knife. We must allow the Spirit to work in us 2Cor3:18 to use the word to transform us. |||||||| Exposes our hearts.Ps 19:7. It is able to make the simple wise. A book more reliable than all other books put together. And through this book God speaks.