THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT TO MAN
― THE WORD OF GOD

As a father, God the Father has spoken to His children. His desire is to enable His children to partake of His good plans in this life and eternal glory and honour in His presence.
A human being, who is composed of a spirit, soul and body, can only be satisfied by having the knowledge of God. This God inspired Wisdom is found in the Bible. The Holy Word of God.
God has made available His word, so that we can choose life or death, blessings or cursing (Deut. 30:19). If I choose to follow and obey the word of God, Jesus said that I have chosen life…John 6:63. “The words I speak unto you are spirit and life.” Everybody has a God-given right to choose. You can actually choose either to go to hell and spend eternity in the face and command of satan, or you can choose to obey God, by reading His word and doing what it says and spend eternity in heaven with God.
If you choose to do His will and obey His commands, the Holy Spirit will help you to meet the terms of God. (John 7:17, Rom. 8:26)

THE ACCURANCY OF THE SCRIPTURE
Several great men have spoken about the impact of the word of God in their lives, for example:
a) George Muller, “The vision of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. I solemnly state this from the experience of fifty four years.”
b) Kenneth Copeland, “God’s word is where the anointing of God lies.”
c) D. L. Moody, “I prayed for faith and thought that someday faith would come down and strike me like lightning, but faith did not seem to come, one day I read in Romans 10, ‘Now faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.’ I opened my Bible and began to study and faith has been growing ever since”
d) Rev. Adegbote, “If God’s word does not occupy its place in you, you will never achieve your place in God.”
e) J. Ngui, “The Word of God is the only language which the Holy Spirit wants us to communicate with Him.”

RESULTS OF NEGLECTING GOD’S WORD
1. Spiritual weakness
Man shall not live on bread alone, but by every word which proceeds out of the mouth of God. (Luke 4:4)
2. No answer to prayers
I have called and ye refused…ye have set at nought all my counsel…I will laugh at your calamity…then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer. (Prov. 1:24-28)
3. Destruction
Who so despiseth the word shall be destroyed, but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. (Prov. 13:13)
This type of destruction will affect the persons, physical, mental, spiritual, financial etc health.

WHAT WE MUST NOT DO TO GOD’S WORD
1. don’t add or diminish His Word
Add thou not unto His words (Prov. 30:6), don’t diminish Go’s word (Deut. 12:32) if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book, If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life and our of the holy city (Rev. 22:19)..God keeps His word…I shall be so!
2. Don’t read or hear God’s Word and neglect to do what it says
Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only deceiving (lying) yourselves (James 1:22). Rev. 21:8: All liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone.
3. Don’t read God’s Word faithlessly
The word did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it (Heb. 4:2)
4. Don’t preach anything that is not God’s Word
I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ…preach the word. 2 Tim. 4:1-2,8,9
5. Don’t desire walking as a Christian without plenty of God’s Word in you
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another. (Colossians 3:16)
6. Don’t mix God’s Word with man traditions
Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. (Mark 7:13)
7. Don’t think you will understand God’s word by easy procedures
Look at the commands of our heavenly Master
a. “Search the scripture” (John 5:39).
b. “Seek ye out of the book of the LORD” (Isaiah 34:16).
c. “Searched the scriptures daily” (Acts 17:11).
d. “Study to show thyself” (II Timothy 4:13).
e. “Give attention to reading” (I Timothy 4:13).
f. “Give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4).
g. “But the Holy Spirit helpeth” (Rom. 8:26)

CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S WORD
a) The scripture cannot be broken (John 10:35).
b) Every word of God is pure (Prov. 30:5).
c) God’s word is eternal (Isaiah 40:8).
d) God’s word will never pass away (Matt. 5:18).
e) God’s word is forever settled in heaven (Ps. 119:89).
f) God’s word is true (Ps. 119:160).
g) God’s word is powerful and alive (Heb. 4:12).
h) God’s word is a discerner (Heb. 4:12).
i) God’s word works in a believer (I Thes. 2:13).
j) God’s word is the sword of the spirit (Eph. 6:17).
k) God’s word gives faith (Rom. 10:17).
l) God’s word builds up (Acts 20:32, Job 22:23).
m) God’s word grows (Acts 19:20).
n) God’s word prevail (Acts 19:20).
o) God’s word brings freedom (John 8:31).
p) God’s word accomplishes God’s purpose (Isaiah 55:11).

IMMEASURABLE PROFITS OF GOD’S WORD
1. Grants strength and defies (Ps. 119:28, Acts 20:32).
2. Imparts hope (Rom. 15:4).
3. Gives answer to circumstances (Ps. 119:42).
4. Grants divine guidance (Ps. 119:133).
5. Imparts stability (Luke 6:47-49, Ps. 1:1-3).
6. Grants direction (Ps. 119: 105).
7. Gives spiritual cleaning (Eph. 5:26, John 15:3).
8. Gives spiritual laundering (Heb. 4:12).
9. Grants freedom and liberty (John 8:31-32).
10. Equips a believer (II Tim. 3:16-17).
11. Impacts God’s peace (Ps. 119:165).
12. Imparts wisdom, insight and understanding (Ps. 119:130).
13. Imparts comfort and consolation (Ps. 119:50).
14. Secures salvation (I Tim. 4:16).
15. Is a protective safeguard against sin (Ps. 119:9-11).
16. Builds our faith (Rom. 10:17, Jude 20).
17. Brings health and life (Pro. 4:22)

THE CHURCH AND THE BIBLE
The Bible opinion should always be taken as superior to any church’s (Denominations) opinion. Those who place their denomination opinion above the word of God do greatly error. The word of God should be our standard in all matters of faith. Never compromise the word of God with the opinions, traditions or thoughts of men.