The Word of God

I'm very excited to introduce our new blog for First Baptist Church of Fisherville. I think a beneficial way to begin is by reflecting on the Word of God. I just completed reading John Frame's new book The Doctrine of the Word of God and he lays out what the Scripture says about it's own attributes. They include righteousness (Ps 119:7), faithfulness (119:86), wonderfulness (Ps 119:129), uprightness (119:137), purity (119:40), truth (119:142; John 17:17), eternality (Ps 119:89, 160), omnipotence (Gen 18:14; Isa 55:11; Luke 1:37), perfection (Ps 19:7ff.). These attributes are not merely the attributes of something in creation, such as human faithfulness, righteousness, or truth. Clearly, in context these passages are saying that the words of God are different from merely human words because they embody the unique qualities of God's own nature (p. 66-67). What a glorious, effective, powerful Word we have from God. Let's be faithful stewards of it.