Ecclesiastes 12: 12, "...of making many books there is no end."
Anyone who seeks to understand Holy Writ has taken upon himself a
lifelong task of monumental proportions. This may be behind the
text in Ecclesiastes written by the wisest of the seed of Adam. It is
impossible for mankind to restate or summarize God’s Word and do it
justice. Anything we might write will be either less than the Word or
possibly have precepts added. In either case it will be inferior to the
original. Why, then do we reason it necessary; even helpful to attempt
expository work on God’s Word for publication?
In my personal experience it began as a summary, not of God’s
Word, but of my beliefs and philosophy of life. As writing began, it
was quickly evident the beliefs and philosophies of my life are largely
based on a personal knowledge of the Scripture. Finding no basis for
this way of life except Scripture, the writing became my exposition of
Scripture, not any creation or wisdom of my own. Looking back, the
past six decades, now seven, anything good in life can be explained
through study of God’s Word. Realization finally dawned; anything
bad or negative could only be explained in the same way. If we are to
understand the life we live, wisdom must come from the living Word
of God. This raises our next question. What is it we learn from Scrip-
ture causing it to stand alone as a literary work without peer. The text-
book answer to the question? God is author of the Book. He used
some 40 writers over one thousand-four hundred years to complete
the task. These men were vessels through whom the living Word, was
passed through Holy Writ. If we were to spend our lifetimes, we could
never explain the Bible to the satisfaction of a skeptic. We do find, at
times, one who accepts it by faith, not requiring a lengthy explanation.
One reason for this; The skeptic cannot have faith, while a true see-
ker cannot help but believe. It is evident from experience; men of
good will are ready to accept the Divinely inspired Word as relevant.
Men with a motive to cover their sins are unwilling to let the Light of
God's Word apply to their shabby lives. The short answer to the ques-
tion, "why then, does the Word of God stand alone?" A living book,
the attributes of Deity as content, the Lord God is the ultimate author,
and Jesus Christ, "the Word was made flesh..." John 1: 14
In John 1: 14, the statement is made, referring to Christ, “The Word
was made flesh and dwelt among us...” God identifies with His
Word. Where does the Word get it’s power? Some have said the
word “Holy Spirit” came from the same word as the word, dynamite.
It is true stated another way. The word dynamite is from the word
“Holy Spirit,” since the Holy Spirit was a person long before dyna-
mite was coined. The word actually means the ability to do anything.
The Word of God has the power of God within, since it has the Holy
Spirit interpreting it to each individual or group of believers. The
Spirit is only available to the soul who will obey the Word, believing
the precepts within that Word. So, why do we write?
God has given to us, His children, the ministry of reconciliation
as in 2 Corinthians 5:18. You and I are to take His Word to a world
lost without Him, having no hope within themselves or in any other.
One way we take that Word into the world is through expository prea-
ching of the Word. Do we claim in preaching we always preach the
whole counsel of God without error? Of course not!! Since we cannot
make that claim, should we not quit preaching God's Word? God for-
bid! In 1 Corinthians 1:21, we read:
"For after that in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not
God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them
that believe." (An aside here; it does not say "foolish preaching.")
Just as in all else, we may be in error at times, but we strive to be
true to the Word. To quit the effort because it is not perfect is hardly
acceptable. Our Lord knows our limitations. He works through imper-
fect men to do His will. It is well said, “We are His hands and his
His feet.” He has chosen to use a flawed race (human race) to com-
communicate His will and purpose to others of our race, just as Christ
became one of us to reveal the Father to us. (In my understanding of
Scripture and life, there is but one race, the human race.) People may
be assigned to groups, according to geographic location, religion, ana-
tomy, color, even shade. God's Word and good sense allows for all
people being descendants of two persons, Adam and Eve, as recor-
ded in the book of Genesis. This makes us to be brothers and sisters
according to the flesh. When we receive Jesus Christ as Lord and
Savior, we become brothers and sisters as the Children of God. God
forbid we build artificial walls to separate brothers along prejudicial
preconceptions, engendering misunderstanding, distrust; even hate.
Of late, it has become anathema for one to refer to persons gender,
or to make reference to same. Since our Lord, in His Word, designates
the first of His creation "male," and His second creation "female," we
recognize and honour what He has done, when we refer to each accor-
dingly. It is not demeaning to the woman (who was taken out of man)
to be female. There are obvious differences. Praise the Lord God, as
He in His wisdom saw the need for these differences. This does not in
any way, lessen the value of the woman. We, as men, are commanded
to love and care for the woman as we do our own selves, and to even
prefer her to ourselves. In some ways she is the "weaker vessel," but
as we learn in having a relation with her, she is physically weaker, but
in many ways she is stronger. (What man among us would be willing
to give birth to a child? To many, that is possibly the most importan-
tant function of either and is a holy privilege.) In Ephesians 5: 33, we
see; "Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own
wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
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Did you see indications, anywhere, leading us to only share
faith in our Lord with those like ourselves and neglect those
who are somewhat different? "Again, GOD FORBID!!!
Who is my neighbor? (Look it up; Matthew 5: 42-48)
The great commandment; "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment. And the second is
like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these
two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
Matthew 22: 37-40
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