Baptist Press
By Jack Graham, posted November 8, 2024
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Jack Graham’s book The Jesus Book.
God’s Word is forever young and has no shelf life. This is because his truth is eternal. There will never be a need to update the Bible because its truth never changes.
I read an article describing a social scientist’s desire to consolidate all the major religions of the world into a new holy book that would be authored by artificial intelligence. That is, of course, preposterous. preposterous If the intelligence it came from was “artificial,” that would mean it was superficial, and the Bible is not superficial. It is supernatural. The supernatural Scriptures are given by the supernatural Spirit of God. These words were alive in the millenniums before us and are still breathing life today.
The writer of Hebrews claimed, “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12). I know this to be true in my own life because the Spirit of God speaks to me through his living Word when I prayerfully invite him to. So many times God has answered my questions, confronted my heart, calmed my soul, instructed my mind, and directed my path by way of his Word, the Scriptures.
God communicates to us personally, and his Word is relevant for every generation. After we are long gone and in heaven, his Word will live into the future for our children and their children and their children’s children. It occurred to me a few years ago that it is unlikely my great- greatgrandchildren will know my name or anything about me. I doubt you know the first and last names of your great great- grandparents. Of course, this really doesn’t matter. What is critical, however, is that those who come after us know Jesus, and that we carry our faith forward into the next generation and so on. More Here