Why is calling the Bible "the word" the most evil lie in Christendom?
Because then people read "Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and obey, Luke 11:28;" They think it means to read the Bible instead of listening for God to speak His words to them.
Christendom has put a book between God and man, separating man from God's love, creating a form of godliness with no power, as He said: "Woe be to them for they have coupled an external form between God and man."
The Greek for word in verse 38 is logon: which means 1) of speech; 1a) a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea; 1b) what someone has said.
Just to be clear, the Greek for scripture in verse 39 is grafav , which means 1) a writing, thing written; 2) the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its contents; 3) a certain portion or section of the Holy Scripture.
John 5:37-40
You have neither heard the Father's voice nor seen his form.
But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
But you are not willing to come to me that you may have life.
Jesus has just told us that reading the Bible does not lead to eternal life, because that is not coming to Him.
In these four verses Jesus also speaks of His word abiding in you : "But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe."
By this verse Jesus makes a clear distinction between the word of God, and the Scriptures. From the Word of the Lord within:
John 10:35
So he called them gods, men to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Here is another verse where Jesus makes a clear distinction between the word of God and scripture, proving that scripture references to the word are not references to the Bible or scripture.
Daniel 9:2
In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
From the Word of the Lord within:
Studying the Bible is a work of the flesh.
Studying the Bible is like studying the Law.
Ten words from Him are better than ten copied letters.
John 2:22
Therefore when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
Here is another verse that makes a clear distinction between the word of God and scripture, proving that scripture references to the word are not references to the Bible or scripture.
2 Peter 3:15-17
and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
as also in all his [Paul's] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;
Peter also categorizes Paul's epistles as scriptures, not the word.
Matthew 21:42
Jesus saith unto them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
Notice! Jesus did not say: "Did you ever read the word;" and he never spoke of reading "the word;" He always referred to reading or knowing scriptures as "scriptures."
He never spoke of "the word" being fulfilled; He always spoke of scriptures as being fulfilled.
Because then people read "Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and obey, Luke 11:28;" They think it means to read the Bible instead of listening for God to speak His words to them.
Christendom has put a book between God and man, separating man from God's love, creating a form of godliness with no power, as He said: "Woe be to them for they have coupled an external form between God and man."
The Greek for word in verse 38 is logon: which means 1) of speech; 1a) a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea; 1b) what someone has said.
Just to be clear, the Greek for scripture in verse 39 is grafav , which means 1) a writing, thing written; 2) the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its contents; 3) a certain portion or section of the Holy Scripture.
John 5:37-40
You have neither heard the Father's voice nor seen his form.
But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
But you are not willing to come to me that you may have life.
Jesus has just told us that reading the Bible does not lead to eternal life, because that is not coming to Him.
In these four verses Jesus also speaks of His word abiding in you : "But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe."
By this verse Jesus makes a clear distinction between the word of God, and the Scriptures. From the Word of the Lord within:
John 10:35
So he called them gods, men to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Here is another verse where Jesus makes a clear distinction between the word of God and scripture, proving that scripture references to the word are not references to the Bible or scripture.
Daniel 9:2
In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
From the Word of the Lord within:
Studying the Bible is a work of the flesh.
Studying the Bible is like studying the Law.
Ten words from Him are better than ten copied letters.
John 2:22
Therefore when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had spoken.
Here is another verse that makes a clear distinction between the word of God and scripture, proving that scripture references to the word are not references to the Bible or scripture.
2 Peter 3:15-17
and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
as also in all his [Paul's] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;
Peter also categorizes Paul's epistles as scriptures, not the word.
Matthew 21:42
Jesus saith unto them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?
Notice! Jesus did not say: "Did you ever read the word;" and he never spoke of reading "the word;" He always referred to reading or knowing scriptures as "scriptures."
He never spoke of "the word" being fulfilled; He always spoke of scriptures as being fulfilled.
