GOD’S WORD FOR FEBRUARY 9 ~ ~ Isaiah 46:9-10~ ~

“Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me,
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, ‘My plan will be established,
And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;”

Psalm 33:11 ~ ~ “The plan of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart from generation to generation.”

Throughout the ages, but especially in these days, it is critical that Christians believe the entire Word of God.

This is what the enemies of God are working so hard at. If they can get Christians to question God’s Word, they have won the next generations. It’s important that we know the Truth, and that is that EVERY WORD IS TRUE, because it was inspired by the Holy Spirit. As Jesus said, He fulfilled every “jot and tittle” of the Law. That means, in our language, every comma, apostrophe and period.

One way they try to discredit the Word is to say that the first five books of the Bible were written over many generations and finally finished only five centuries before Christ’s birth. That way they can say that all the foundational truths contained in there have been either made up to start with, or changed and misunderstood throughout the years. That way, too, these self-appointed experts can tell our young people that nature and mankind “evolved”, and there is no God, and no right and wrong, no absolutes, and therefore no one to be accountable to but ourselves. From their point of view, however, we are accountable to THEM, and they are accountable to no one since, from their teaching, neither God nor truth exist.

But truth does exist, God exists, and His Word is 100% true, and Moses did write the first five books. Even Jesus Himself told us he did:

He said in John 5:46 ~ ~ “For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: for he wrote of me.”

As Joshua told the people in Joshua 21:45

“Not one of the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed; everything came to pass.”

And so all the hundreds of specific promises in the Word are secure under the authority of the God of the Universe.

Of course, since they reject God, and the Word of God, they would reject what Jesus said too, but for Christians, that is no excuse to fall for their lies. We know better.

While for us, the Word of God is enough, (or should be) it many times isn’t for unbelievers, so God has provided some amazing physical proofs for those people…..for our witnessing to them of the truth of the Word:

Not only are there countless fossils and artifacts discovered regularly that prove the incidents written in the Bible, that prove those things did happen just as described there, but now we have physical proof that Moses did write the first five books thousands of years before Christ became incarnate and died to save those who would believe.

Archaeologists have discovered two tiny silver scrolls on which are carved important passages from Moses. The scrolls, once used as amulets, were found in the ruins of early sixth or seventh century B.C. Jerusalem.

Each scroll was made of thin silver foil, no thicker than tissue paper. One of the scrolls was an inch wide and an inch and one-half long. Scientists studying the fine engraving under a microscope found what appears to be the text of a priestly blessing from the Book of Numbers. They noted that it was remarkable that the blessing is identical to modern texts, showing that the text has been accurately preserved for thousands of years.

It is quite likely that since these are very small scrolls, that they are the little box-type things that the pharisees attached to their foreheads and the hems of their robes, to adhere to the following law in Deuteronomy 6:6-9, which was symbolic to mean that they should always have the Word of God on their minds, but they did it physically.

“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.  And you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. You shall also tie them as a sign to you and, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead. You shall also write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

But as Jesus pointed out in Mt. 23:5, the pharisees made a show of obeying the law perfectly (which they didn’t obey), by doing these things very visibly. Therefore, these tiny scrolls were very likely worn on the foreheads, hands, or hems (phylacteries) of the priests and scribes even in much earlier days, or at least carried with them all the time.

Jesus said: “And they do all their deeds to be noticed by other people; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.”

True faith doesn’t require the support of science. However, we are right to expect that true science will never do less than support the Bible when they are both speaking about the same subject, and time after time, it does.

Hebrews 4:12

“For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

Remember, in reading the verses referring to the Law in the Old Testament in this context, it means the Word of God for us, since Jesus completely fulfilled the Law for those who will acknowledge it.

Deuteronomy 4:2

“You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I am commanding you.”

Deuteronomy 12:28

“Be careful and listen to all these words which I am commanding you, so that it may go well for you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.”

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may follow all the words of this Law.

They belong to His people. We need to hold them securely and pass them on!!!!

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