September 25, life hangs on the word of God.

He said to them,

Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today,

that you may command them to your children,

that they may be careful to do all the words of this law,

for it is no empty word for you, but your very life.

And by this word, you shall live long in the land

that you are going over the Jordan to possess.

Deuteronomy 32, 46 to 47.

The Word of God is not a trifle.

It is a matter of life and death.

If you treat the scriptures as a trifle or as empty words, you forfeit life.

Even our physical life depends on God's Word, because by His Word we were created, Psalm 336,

Hebrews 113. And He upholds the universe by the word of his power. Hebrews 1.3.

And our spiritual life begins by the Word of God.

Of His own will, he brought us forth by the Word of Truth, James 118.

You have been born again through the living and abiding Word of God.

1.23.

Not only do we begin to live by God's word, but we go on living by God's word.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

Matthew 4, 4, Deuteronomy 8, 3.

So, our physical life is created and upheld by the Word of God,

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