Trust God’s Word

 

 

There are some who believe

The Bible doesn’t say what it means

And so, they reserve the God-given right

To interpret it how they deem.

 

Interpretation before reading

And the implicit before the explicit,

The denomination before the Holy Word

And tradition before God’s edict.

 

Horribly mistaken is anyone

That speaks for the Holy Scriptures,

God is not dependent on man’s traditions

To paint His divine picture.

 

This He did from the origin:

His Word says in the beginning God,

To my mind this is self-explanatory;

All others I must appall.

 

In six days, says the Word,

God created the entire universe,

And when Adam and Eve first sinned

All creation was cursed.

 

It was a curse because of sin

That fell on man and the earth,

But God provided a way to end it all

Through His Son’s earthly birth.

 

 

 

In a Bethlehem stable he was born

With a manger for his crib,

Artists showed straw for his bed linen

For in paintings this is vivid.

 

“Wrapped in swaddling bands”

Was the message to the shepherds

Who back in those Old Covenant days

Were little better than lepers

 

Frowned upon by most

They were not the best of guests

But being invited to see the new born King,

Oh, this was surely the best.

 

 

So, two beginnings I see,

The first was definitely physical,

The second, and this one is clear to me,

Was to deal with the spiritual.

 

 

 

For as in Adam all die,

In Christ shall all be made alive,

The more abundant life is given to a believer

That in all things he may thrive.

 

Read first then interpret

If interpretation is necessary

And use the strict confines of the Word

To interpret properly.

 

Hermeneutics is the method

That is used to exegete the Word,

Precept upon precept, line upon line

As Prophet Isaiah inferred.

 

Scripture validates scripture;

That’s how God set it up,

He will never conflict with Himself;

No such atheistic luck.

 

Any conflict is perceived

And definitively not real,

Every instance any choose to advance

Will undoubtedly fail.

 

In the Word there is life

And that life is in the Holy Spirit

Who brings to our recall all Jesus said

Just as Jesus did predict.

 

Stewart Russell © December 22, 2024