“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us” (Matthew 1:23).
Scripture says it was God that became human through the virgin birth. The Child that was conceived of the Holy Spirit was God Himself who took the form of a human, which was Jesus Christ, the Word of God.
Christ the Word became a human, as it is written: “And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb” (Luke 2:21).
Isaiah foretold the coming of this God, when he prophesied saying, “For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given…And His name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God” (Isaiah 9:6).
At the time set by God, the Word of God, the Holy Scripture was made a human. The Scripture that God revealed through the prophets during the Old Testament period was made human in Christ.
The apostle John wrote saying, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).
Scripture is that Word that became flesh, which is Jesus Christ, the true Creator that created all things in the beginning: “For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible” (Colossians 1:16).
Through the Bible we see Christ the true Word of God. Therefore Scripture says anyone who comes to the Word of God must believe that He is the true God with us (see Hebrews 11:6).
Scripture is the only way we can see God, and without faith in the Word of God it is impossible to please God. All Scripture is God’s inspired and infallible revelation of Himself, and the evidence of the invisible God.
The God of Scripture is the Word, which is that God with us. The Scripture says, “The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you” (2 Chronicles 15:2).
God wants us to seek out of the Bible and read: “Not one of these shall fail; not one shall lack her mate. For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them” (Isaiah 34:16).
The apostle Paul wrote, “That God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:19).
Paul is saying that the Word of reconciliation is that God who was in the Man Christ Jesus. That Word of reconciliation is the Scripture which is among mankind. The Word of God and the Scripture are one.
God gave birth to all Scripture, which is that everlasting Son of God. The Holy Scripture is God’s true expression of Himself. The Bible is the true Word of God, and the real person of Jesus Christ.
When we come to the Bible we have come to the Word of God. Anyone who comes to the Word must believe that He is God. It was the Scripture that became a human, which is Jesus Christ, the true God with us.
PRAYER
Dear Father, open my understanding so that I will seek your Word with my whole heart and soul, in Jesus name. Amen.
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