From: "Beverly French" <frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us>
To: "Heritage" <gheritage.ga@verizon.net>
Subject: Greetings to All
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2003 7:44 AM

"Thy Word"

We have the written word of God, the Living Word of God and the Holy Spirit
who reveals the Word of God to us.  Let's see what the Scriptures tell us of
God's Word.  I know that we know these things, but it is good sometimes to
be reminded of the awesomeness of what Almighty God has purposed and
provided from eternity because of His great love with which He loves us.

His Word is Enduring (lasting; permanent):
"Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled (stands firm) in heaven."
Psalm 119:89

"The grass withers, the flower fades,
 But the word of our God stands forever."  Isaiah 40:8

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away."
Matthew 24:35

"'But the word of the Lord abides forever.'  And this is the word which was
preached to you."  1 Peter 1:25

His Word is Divinely Inspired:
"All Scripture is inspired by God, and profitable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, for training in righteousness."  2 Timothy 3:16

"But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of
one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human
will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God."  2 Peter 1:20-21

His Word (food for the soul) is Nourishing:
"...Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that
proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord."  Deuteronomy 8:3

"I have not departed from the command of His lips;
 I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food."
Job 23:12  (This is Job speaking of God in answer to Eliphaz)

"How sweet are Thy words to my taste!
 Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!"  Psalm 119:103

"Thy words were found and I ate them,
 And Thy words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart;
 For I have been called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts."
Jeremiah 15:16

His Word is Loved by His Own:
"And I shall delight in Thy commandments, which I love."  Psalm 119:47

"The law of Thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver
pieces."  Psalm 119:72

"O how I love Thy Law!  It is my meditation all the day."  Psalm 119:97
(Psalm 19:7 says, "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul..."
How therefore can we not love it?! Christ is the fulfillment of the Law and
His Gospel is 'the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.'
Hallelujah!)

"Thy word is very pure, therefore Thy servant loves it."  Psalm 119:40

His Word is Written on Our Hearts:
"And these words, which I am commanding you today shall be on your heart."
Deuteronomy 6:6

"But what does it say?  'The word is near you, in your mouth and in your
heart'..."  Romans 10:8

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the
Lord:  I will put My laws upon their heart, and upon their mind I will write
them."  Hebrews 10:16

"Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts
and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness..."  Colossians 2:18

"You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men: being
manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not
with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone,
but on tablets of human hearts."  2 Corinthians 2-3

Can this be said of us as the Apostle Paul said of the saints in Corinth?
How are our lives seen by all men?  Can Christ be seen in the way we conduct
ourselves?  Our lives may be the only Bible that same may ever read!  Christ
is the Head and we, the church, are His body.  Let us live in such a way
that
Christ may be manifested in and through each one individually and in the
church corporately.

With joy and thanksgiving we give blessing, glory, honor, and praise to the
only wise and holy God.  Amen!