07/15/2023
A WORD FROM THE INSPIRED HEART OF RENE HOPWOOD
WHAT ARE THE SCRIPTURE ‘S
The Bible is not a collection of Bedtime stories or a group of Fairy Tales. It is a History book of our faith, a Study guide for our walk and a Instructions manual for Christian living.
This is a great acronym for the name: BIBLE
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
This is the reason why “we study to show thy self approved” (2 Timothy 2:15). We are not to just read the scriptures or believe what someone else say it says, rather we are to, Pray before opening, Listen (for that still small voice, 1 Kings 19: 11-13) while reading, and put into Practice when done.
It’s why the Scriptures say in James 1:22, “Be a doer of the word and not a hearer only”!!
There is the Word of God and then there is the Revealed Word of God. The Word of God is the Scriptures themselves, but the Revealed Word of God(Romans 12:1-2) is the understanding or revelation (that little golden nugget) that God gives us through prayer and the unction of the Holy Ghost.
You can read the Bible from cover to cover, over and over again, but unless you pray for understanding, like David did (Lord open thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy Word (Psalms 119:18) you will never have a deep abiding faith in and an understanding of the Scriptures.
If you don’t believe what the “Prophet’s who came before you”(Mathew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes) experienced and overcame, how can you believe the same for yourself? If you don’t trust in the Word of God(Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight), then your Faith will be weak, your walk will be shaky, and your living will be hard!!
Remember that in the beginning was the Word (John 1:1) and the Word was with God, the Word was God, then the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. JESUS IS THE WORD!!
