Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV)

What is the word of God, the Scripture? The word of God was spoken to people who had written down in languages. It reveals the reality of life, yes the truth on the universe, especially on humanity. To be truly man what God intended man to be, we must come to know the word of God for He made everything. What the word of God teaches is for us to see ourselves realistically in His point of view for what He sees is what we’re.

There is no other way to understand humans than through the word of God. It tells us everything, especially the uncomfortable truths about human evil. Prophet Jeremiah wrote decisively and accurately on the nature of humanity, saying

“The heart is deceitful above all things,

And desperately wicked;

Who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV)

Psalmist says that there is no one righteous, not even one on earth.

“The fool has said in his heart,

‘There is no God.’

They are corrupt,

They have done abominable works,

There is none who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

They have all turned aside,

They have together become corrupt;

There is none who does good,

No, not one.” (Psalm 14:1-3 NKJV)

The word of God plainly tells that we are hopeless and powerless to be saved from the vicious, relentless, deceitful and cunning devil. But it does not stop there. The word of God tells us the good news that apart from the law the righteousness of God has been revealed through faith in Jesus Christ. The word of God clearly and bluntly tells that Christ is the way, the truth, and the life and no one can come to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). It tells that Christ is the way out of all the troubles and heartaches in our midst.

The lawlessness of many antichrists has already been working in our midst to deceive the saints. “Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.” (1 John 2:18-19 NKJV)

That’s why every Christian must read and meditate the word of God day and night and in season and out of season in order to discern the wicked and deceiving spirit of the world. God is a truly realist! He knows what we are, so He gives what we need the most. That’s the word of God.