THY WORD IS TRUTH, John 17: 17

        "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

        Jesus Christ: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.
                         no man cometh to the Father but by Me." 
                                                                        John 14:6

                         Reasons to obey the Word(s) of God:

1.  God is Sovereign and he speaks to mankind in three aspects.
a. He has made His laws known to us  and we  suffer greatly
as we fail to heed them.
b. God has given promises as  part of  His Word and our lives
are better or worse according to whether we give attention
          to them.
c. Our God has given testimony or divine instruction concerning
facts of  faith and principles of right living.  I am convinced of
         a direct link between following these instructions and eternal
         reward or loss.

2.  God’s Word is true.  (TRUTH)
a. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life...”
      Since He is God, not only is the Word true, but God IS truth.
    It is impossible to separate Jesus from His Word.  “The Word
    became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory,
    full of grace and truth."  John 1: 14
b. Psalms 191: 151, "All thy commandments are truth..."  They
      can be counted upon as unchanging and give stability to life.
c. Hebrews 10:23, "He is faithful that promised."  Psalms 119:90
“thy faithfulness is to all generations."  We must be familiar with
the promises of God if we would pray intelligently. (otherwise?)

 3. The power of God is demonstrated in and through His Word.
a. In Genesis as God created, He said it and it happened.
   Except for man, all of creation was by His Word.  Man was
     formed from the dust of the earth and God “breathed” the
     breath of life into man(kind).
b. During all history and prophecy of the Bible, the "Word of
   the Lord” (God Breathed) was always the acting agent.
c.Jesus, during His earthly stay, spoke Words and things 
      happened.  It is always thus.  In the Gospel of John...
Chapter 1, verse 14 we see:  "And the word became 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."

“God’s Power is in His Word and his Word can only be “truth.”
We may go so far as to say if it were not true and God spoke it; it
would then be true.  On the other hand, Our Lord can only speak
 truth.  (What do you say?)

     "They are not of this world, even as I am not of this world.  
       Sanctify them through Thy truth.  Thy word is truth.  As 
       thou has sent me into the world, even so have I also sent 
       them into the world."  John 17: 16,17,18

 donporter  4.08.13    jlrsbnch@msn.com  edited 2.17.15

THE CHURCH: THE MAJOR DECISION, Tozer...

THE FOLLOWING WAS TAKEN FROM A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO
THE PRESERVATION OF THE TEACHING OF THE LATE A. W. TOZER.
A LINK TO THAT SITE WILL FOLLOW AT SUCH A TIME AS I LOCATE
IT AGAIN.   donporter 4.07.13

https://www.biblegateway.com/devotionals/tozer-on-leadership/2014/07/19
(select, copy and paste)

The business of the Church is God. She is purest when most engaged with 
God and she is astray  just so far as she follows other interests, no matter 
how "religious" or humanitarian they may be.  A. W. Tozer, July 19, 2008

The Church: The Major Decision

Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in 
faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was com- 
mitted to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.--2 Timothy 1:13,14

There is a great decision that every denomination has to make sometime 
in the development of its history. Every church also has to make it either 
at  its  beginning  or  a little later--usually a little later.  Eventually every 
board  is  faced  with  the  decision and has to keep making it,  not by one 
great decision made once for all,  but by a series of little decisions adding 
up to  one great  big one.  Every  pastor has to  face it and keep renewing 
his decision on his knees before God. Finally, every church member, every 
evangelist, every Christian must make the decision. It is a matter of judg-
ment upon that denomination, that church, that board, that pastor, that 
leader, and upon their descendants and spiritual children.

The question is this: Shall we modify the truth in doctrine or practice to 
gain  more adherents?   Or shall we  preserve the  truth in doctrine and 
practice and take the consequences?...

A commitment to  preserving the truth and practice of  the church is what 
separates me from a great many people who are perhaps far greater than 
I am in ability. This is my conviction,  long held and deeply confirmed by a 
knowledge of the fact that modern gospel churches, almost without excep-
tion, have decided to modify the truth and practice a little in order to have 
more adherents and get along better.
                                                                                       
 (the late A. W. Tozer)                                       donporter 4.07.13