Part IV: The Word (Christ) Made Flesh
In the beginning {before all time} was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself, {Isa 9:6} (John1:1).
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14).
Do you know of anyone today that struggles with believing the Word, the Holy Scriptures, to be the infallible of Word of God? Jesus certainly encountered such unbelief during His ministry.
Jesus said to them (that did not believe), You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the scriptures. Then (Jesus) beginning with Moses and {throughout} all the Prophets, He went on explaining and interpreting to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning and referring to Himself. Then He (Jesus) said to them, This is what I told you while I was still with you; everything which is written concerning Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.
Then He {Jesus} thoroughly opened up their minds to understand the Scriptures. He said to them, Thus it is written that the Christ (the Messiah) should suffer and on the third day rise from (among) the dead, {Hos. 6:2}. And that repentance {with a view to and as the condition of} forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
How many know that we are to preach this Gospel in the name of Jesus? And do not concern ourselves with engaging in arguments or debates over foolish questions, such as “if man wrote the Gospel by the inspiration of God, how do we know that man did not add to it?”. But we know we are to study to show ourselves approved before God, and teach the Gospel in the name of Jesus and pray that God will open up the minds of the hearer of His Word to understand the Scriptures.
Scriptures References: Luke 24: 24,27,44-47;
Sister Betty, In Him, The Handmaiden of the Lord
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