The power of The Word of God
This is the summary of our Pastor's wife's sermon, Mrs. Lusi's Supratman, on Sunday, Aug.31st 2008 at Narimasu Chapel Church.
Why is the word of God important?
1. The word of God is our shield of faith (Eph.6:16) In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Two volunteers were asked to perform on the stage. One was bearing a shield made of paper which symbolizes advice from friends, gossips, news in newspapers, tips and tricks from the world. The other one was playing as the devil attacking us with his sword of lies, fears, stress, pressures, accusations, doubts and all bad things. Can the shield of human's advice stand the devil's sword? It is too fragile, brittle and thin to stand the devil's cunning schemes. The word of God is strong, never changes and it is the only firm shield that can protect us from the devil's attacks. Jesus said in John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.The thief is the devil so the devil tries hard to kill and destroy us. The only shield to defend us is THE WORD of GOD. James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. We should submit ourselves to God by reading, listening to His Word and do what it says.
2. It functions like a Mirror. James 1:23-24 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. She gave an example of the function of mirror. Why do we look ourselves on the mirror? To see whether we look good or proper or descent or if there is something wrong, we'll fix it before others see it. When we see our reflection on the mirror and we see that there is a dot of tomato ketchup on our face, what will we do? A normal person will of course wipe it, when? later? next week? Definitely, s/he will wipe it right away. How about if there is someone who see his/her reflection on the mirror and know that s/he has a food left over sticking on his/her face, but s/he does not wipe it right away, then his/her friends see it and advise him/her to wipe it, but still s/he does not want to do it. Instead, s/he becomes angry and snaps back, "So what? Why do you care? It's my face, why are you making such a fuss about it? Mind your own business! It is me, whether you like it or not!" What do you think of that person? It is like that if we do not improve ourselves after the word of God speaks to us. The word of God will guide us and make us know our wrongs, mistakes and sins. It is our part to do it, to improve ourselves. 2Tim.3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
Why is the word of God important?
1. The word of God is our shield of faith (Eph.6:16) In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Two volunteers were asked to perform on the stage. One was bearing a shield made of paper which symbolizes advice from friends, gossips, news in newspapers, tips and tricks from the world. The other one was playing as the devil attacking us with his sword of lies, fears, stress, pressures, accusations, doubts and all bad things. Can the shield of human's advice stand the devil's sword? It is too fragile, brittle and thin to stand the devil's cunning schemes. The word of God is strong, never changes and it is the only firm shield that can protect us from the devil's attacks. Jesus said in John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.The thief is the devil so the devil tries hard to kill and destroy us. The only shield to defend us is THE WORD of GOD. James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. We should submit ourselves to God by reading, listening to His Word and do what it says.
2. It functions like a Mirror. James 1:23-24 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. She gave an example of the function of mirror. Why do we look ourselves on the mirror? To see whether we look good or proper or descent or if there is something wrong, we'll fix it before others see it. When we see our reflection on the mirror and we see that there is a dot of tomato ketchup on our face, what will we do? A normal person will of course wipe it, when? later? next week? Definitely, s/he will wipe it right away. How about if there is someone who see his/her reflection on the mirror and know that s/he has a food left over sticking on his/her face, but s/he does not wipe it right away, then his/her friends see it and advise him/her to wipe it, but still s/he does not want to do it. Instead, s/he becomes angry and snaps back, "So what? Why do you care? It's my face, why are you making such a fuss about it? Mind your own business! It is me, whether you like it or not!" What do you think of that person? It is like that if we do not improve ourselves after the word of God speaks to us. The word of God will guide us and make us know our wrongs, mistakes and sins. It is our part to do it, to improve ourselves. 2Tim.3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
3. It has the Creative Power. God says that there is power in the words we say. Prov.21:23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity. Prov.18:20 From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. Therefore, we need to speak positively according to God's word.
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