Life Ministries

    There are seven things from the Scriptures, which the Word of God does. They are gleaned from many places, so I won’t attempt to quote all the Scriptures. But we will find that these seven things can never be obtained from any other source. Nothing else will accomplish the seven things which the Word of God alone can do in our lives.

#1. The Word of God reveals Jesus Christ and thus strengthens and refreshes the human spirit. That is its primary purpose.

#2. The Word makes possible increasing self-understanding.

#3. The Word will lead to the exercise of true power and impact. It turns life into something worth the living, something worthwhile. If you learn the truth about yourself, and you learn the truth about Jesus, and discover that God has put the two together -- he in you -- you have discovered the secret of power! It’s what Paul calls “the mystery of Christ in you” in Colossians.

#4. The Bible explains the cause and cure of family, social, and world problems. (If everyone in the world followed what God gave to the Israelites in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, we could solve a lot of problems.)

#5. The Bible gives specific answers to many questions on life and death. Are there other beings in the universe? What happens after death? Who hasn't asked that question? The Bible can answer it. What is wrong with premarital sex? The Bible answers that. What happens to a society that lets down the barriers and goes all the way in sexual matters? The Bible can tell you, and it is unquestionably true, because you can see it demonstrated all around. How did evil originate? Where did it come from? Oh, the many questions that are answered in the Word.

#6. The Word reveals the future and the past. It goes back to the origin of the universe and of man himself, and then looks on to the end of history and tells us what the final pattern or events will be. No other book can do that.

#7. Finally, it protects from unknown dangers. We have no idea what a knowledge of the Bible is doing for us in protecting us from demonic assault, from the occult, the weird, from hidden temptations and the dangers of the unknown.

    Whenever the church takes the Word of God seriously you will always find it to be alive, extremely vital, changing society around. In all honesty, we must admit that this is rare. The church in many places has grown incredibly weak. Many are made up of people who are constantly at one another's throats, quarreling, self-indulgent, immoral. Why? Because the opposite of truth is also true. Look at these seven things again and ask yourself – What is the opposite thing that would happen if not for the Word of God?