The idea of election goes back to Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3). God chose to make a nation of that patriarch’s descendants. He chose Israel to be his people. He worked his purposes out through that one nation and in due course sent his Messiah as a Jew. After that, God continued to choose, or elect, people in accordance with his purpose (Rom. 9:11), grace (Rom. 11:5), love (1 Thes. 1:4), and foreknowledge (1 Pet. 1:2). The “elect” can rely on God’s concern for them (Luke 18:7) and on their sure salvation (Rom. 8:33). They are to live lives befitting their status (Col. 3:12-14). Mystery is inherent in the concept of election, because we also know that God desires the salvation of all persons (1 Tim. 2:4).
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The Bible is not “the Word of God”

The Bible is not “the Word of God”

by Glen on 2002-11-24 00:44:57

The Bible does not refer to itself as “the Word of God”. In the beginning, The Word (Jesus) was with God, and The Word was God. The Bible is not God.

Scripture is inspired, but not “the Word”. Yet, it contains “the words” of God and men.

God speaks to men constantly, and what He speaks is The Word of God. Hearing God speak usually involves having a relationship with Him.

See for yourself…
1Sa 9:27 – And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

1Ki 12:22 – But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

1Ch 17:3 – And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

Pr 30:5 – Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Mr 7:13 – Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

Lu 3:2 – Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Lu 4:4 – And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Lu 5:1 – And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

Lu 8:11 – Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Lu 8:21 – And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

Lu 11:28 – But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

Joh 10:35 – If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

Ac 4:31 – And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Ac 6:2 – Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

Ac 6:7 – And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Ac 8:14 – Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

Ac 11:1 – And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

Ac 12:24 – But the word of God grew and multiplied.

Ac 13:5 – And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

Ac 13:7 – Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

Ac 13:44 – And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

Ac 13:46 – Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Ac 17:13 – But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.

Ac 18:11 – And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

Ac 19:20 – So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

Ro 9:6 – Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

Ro 10:17 – So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

1Co 14:36 – What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

2Co 2:17 – For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

2Co 4:2 – But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Eph 6:17 – And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Col 1:25 – Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

1Th 2:13 – For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

1Ti 4:5 – For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

2Ti 2:9 – Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

Tit 2:5 – To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Heb 4:12 – For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Heb 6:5 – And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

Heb 11:3 – Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Heb 13:7 – Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

1Pe 1:23 – Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

2Pe 3:5 – For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

1Jo 2:14 – I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Re 1:2 – Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

Re 1:9 – I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Re 6:9 – And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Re 19:13 – And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

Re 20:4 – And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.