Christ the Word of God Reflecion by W. A. Criswell
Hebrews 1:1
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son . . . .
[Hebrews 1:1]
The written Word, the spoken Word, the incarnate Word; all three of them are the same [John 1:1, Revelation 19:13].
God is identified with His Word, and the Word is identified with God; whenever I receive the Word of God, I receive God Himself.
When I believe the Word of God, I believe God Himself. Spiritually, when I know the Word of God, I know God Himself.
When I trust the Word of God, I trust God Himself. God and His Word are identified, “Forever, O God, Thy word is fixed in heaven” [Psalm 119:89].
God’s Word is like God Himself, “the same yesterday, and today, and forever” [Hebrews 13:8]. This whole universe is upheld by the Word of God: Hebrews 1:3, “Upholding all things by the word of His power.”
When we look into this vast creation—what hand is it that guides these planets in their orbits? And what omnipotence is it that guides the destiny of our created universe? It is the almighty hand of God, “upholding all things by the Word of His power.”
We are convicted by the penetrating sharpness and quickness of the Word of the living God [Hebrews 4:12-13].
We are saved, born again by the Word of God [ John 15:3, Ephesians 5:26, James 1:18, 1 Peter 1:23-25]. We are kept from sin by the Word of God [Psalm 119:11].
We are to walk by the Word of God [Psalm 119:105]. We are to live by the Word of God [Matthew 4:4]. We are to die by the Word of God [Revelation 3:10]. We are to preach the Word of God [2 Timothy 3:16-17, 4:1-5].
How do you get people to God? How do you win souls for Christ? Paul says it is by preaching the Word of God.
The “work of an evangelist” is to deliver the immutable and regenerating and soul-saving power of the Word of God. The preacher is to stand up in the pulpit, open God’s Word, and preach this message of the living Lord.
Our assurance of heaven is the Word and promise of God [ John 5:24]. Our salvation is based not upon angels, not upon balls of fire, not upon a great experience, not upon a light from heaven, but upon the Word and the promise of God.
If He prevails, I win. If He is victor, I am in the triumph.
If He lives, I am saved—saved by the Word and the promise of the Crucified One.
