The Word of God
- Genres:Adrian Rogers, Preaching & Teaching
There is an ongoing war over the Bible. There are those who despise it, but some of the
greatest enemies of the Bible are those who disregard that it is the very Word of God.
If we want the kingdom authority that God has promised His children, we must be under the
authority of the Word of God.
We must see it as incontestable: there is no contest, controversy or denial that the Bible is the
Word of God. The Bible is absolutely perfect, for the God of truth cannot speak in error.
1 Peter 1:23 claims: “…having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through
the word of God which lives and abides forever…”
Second, we must see the Bible as the incorruptible Word of God; there is no blemish or spot in
it. Though many have come against it with their own personal agendas and opinions, the Bible
outstands them all.
Third, we see that it is indestructible: “…because “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man
as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord
endures forever…” (1 Peter 1:24-25).
Finally, the Word of God is indispensable: “Now this is the word which by the gospel was
preached to you” (1 Peter 1:25).
The Gospel is the message of the church, and we get the Gospel from Scripture. We don’t need
a new or modern Gospel for the new and modern age; it stands the test of time. The Bible also
prescribes the church’s method, which is (and always will be) preaching.
Adrian Rogers says, “No church will ever grow and prosper and be a New Testament church
until the pulpit is central and the Gospel is central in the pulpit.”
In order to join a church body, one must be born again into the family of God. Only the Gospel
can grow this family, and therefore, grow the Church.
Apply it to your life
Do you see the Bible as the incontestable, incorruptible, indestructible, indispensable Word of
God?
Adrian Rogers says, “We can never have Kingdom Authority, speak or preach with authority,
witness with authority, live with authority until we get under the authority of the Word of God.”
Adrianisms: “A man and his word may be different but Christ and His Word are not different. I’m
not saying that Jesus and the Bible are identical; I’m saying they are inseparable.”
“The Bible is not the book of the month; it is the book of the ages.”
“We can never have Kingdom Authority, speak with authority, preach with authority, witness with
authority, live with authority until we get under the authority of the Word of God.”
